Measurements of non-photonic electrons with the STAR experiment

Abstract

Non-photonic electrons (NPE), produced by semileptonic decays of D and B mesons, are good probes to study the properties of hot and dense medium created in relativistic heavy ion collisions at RHIC. Studies of heavy quark production in p+p collisions can test the validity of perturbative QCD. They also provide a baseline to study the effects of nuclear matter on the production of heavy quarks in heavy ion collisions. In this paper, we present recent results of NPE spectra measured in p+p collisions at $\sqrt{s}=200$ GeV in mid-rapidity. We also report NPE nuclear modification factor $R_{AA}$ and elliptic flow $v_2$ in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV.

Proceedings of Hot Quarks 2014 conference

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