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QCD Predictions for Charm and Bottom Production at RHIC

Matteo Cacciari, Paolo Nason, Ramona Vogt

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/0502203

Abstract

We make up-to-date QCD predictions for open charm and bottom production at RHIC in nucleon-nucleon collisions at S = 200 GeV. We also calculate the electron spectrum resulting from heavy flavor decays to allow direct comparison to the data. A rigorous benchmark, including the theoretical uncertainties, is established against which nuclear collision data can be compared to obtain evidence for nuclear effects.

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