SN0296 : Charm Quark Production in Non-Central Heavy Ion Collisions

Author(s):V. Emel'yanaov, A. Khodinov, S. Klein, R. Vogt
Date:Jul. 1, 1997
File(s):sn0296.ps.gz
Abstract:The effect of gluon shadowing on charm quark production in large impact parameter ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions is investigated. Charm production cross sections are calculated for a range of non-central impact parameters which can be accurately inferred from the global transverse energy distribution. We show that charm production is a good probe of the local parton density which determines the effectiveness of shadowing. The spatial dependence of shadowing can only be studied in heavy ion collisions.
Keywords:peripheral EMC
Category:PWG