Heavy Flavor and Quarkonia Results from the PHENIX Experiment

Abstract

The PHENIX experiment at RHIC has a unique large rapidity coverage ($1.2<|y|<2.2$) for heavy flavor studies in heavy-ion collisions. This kinematic region has a smaller particle density and may undergo different nuclear effects before and after the hard process when compared to mid-rapidity production. The latest PHENIX runs contain a large data set which allows, for the first time, the study of heavy flavor and $J/\psi$ flow at the large rapidity region in Au$+$Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{{}_{NN}}}=$200 GeV. This measurement has the potential to reveal a medium evolution distinct from that known at mid-rapidity.

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• Energy Loss and Flow of Heavy Quarks in Au+Au Collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV