Fw: New PHENIX paper on inclusive electron spectrum and charm

From: Flemming Videbaek (videbaek@sgs1.hirg.bnl.goV)
Date: Tue Jan 29 2002 - 20:31:20 EST

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    Flemming Videbaek
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    Brookhaven National Laboratory
    
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    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "William A. Zajc" <zajc@columbia.edu>
    To: "Thomas Kirk" <tkirk@bnl.gov>; "Wit Busza" <busza@mit.edu>; "John.
    Harris@Yale. Edu" <john.harris@yale.edu>; "Flemming Videbaek"
    <videbaek@bnl.gov>
    Cc: "Mark Baker" <Mark.Baker@bnl.gov>
    Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 4:43 PM
    Subject: New PHENIX paper on inclusive electron spectrum and charm
    
    
    > Dear Colleagues:
    >
    > I am pleased to announce that a manuscript on our single-electron spectrum
    > from Run-1 and its implications for charm yields will be submitted in one
    week
    > to Physical Review Letters.  The data and figures are precisely those
    > shown in Yasuyuki Akiba's recent seminar at BNL. Please
    > find the title and abstract below.
    >
    > Best regards,
    >
    > Bill
    >
    >
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    >
    >
    > \title{Measurement of single electrons and
    > implications for charm production
    > in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}}$~=~130~GeV }
    >
    > \begin{abstract}
    >
    > Transverse momentum spectra of electrons from Au+Au collisions
    > at $\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}} = 130$~GeV have been measured by the PHENIX
    experiment
    > at RHIC. The spectra show an excess above the background from photon
    > conversions and light hadron decays. The electron signal is consistent
    > with that expected from semi-leptonic decays of charm.
    > The yield of the electron signal $dN_e/dy$ for $p_T > 0.8$~GeV/c
    > is $0.025\pm0.004$(stat.)$\pm0.010$(sys.) in central collisions, and
    > the corresponding charm cross section is
    $380\pm60$(stat.)$\pm200$(sys.)~$\mu$b
    > per binary nucleon-nucleon collision
    > \end{abstract}
    >
    



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