声明
摘要
ABSTRACT
Contents
Chapter 1 Introductions
1.1.2.Quantum Chromodynamics
1.2 Relativistic Heavy Ion collisions
1.2.1.Transverse momentum spectrum,Energy loss and Jet quench-ing
1.2.2.Anisotropic flow
1.3 Open heavy flavor production in HIC
1.3.1.Heavy quarks as probes of sQGP
1.3.2. Experimental results
Chapter 2 Experimental Setup
2.2 The Solenoidal Tracker at RHIC
2.2.1.The Time Projection Chamber
2.2.2.The Time Of Flight detector
2.2.3.The Barrel Electromagnetic Calorimeter
Chapter 3 Non-photonic Electron Analysis
3.1.1.Analysis principle
3.1.2.Dataset and Event selection
3.1.3.Track selection and Electron identification
3.1.4.NPE raw yield extraction
3.1.5.Efficiency and Acceptance
3.1.6.Background subtraction
3.1.7.Trigger/Vertex bias correction
3.1.8.Bin shift correction
3.1.9.Systematic uncertainties
3.2 Run 2014 200 GeV Au+Au Collision Analysis
3.2.1.Dataset and Event selection
3.2.2. Centrality definition
3.2.3.Track selection and Electron identification
3.2.4.NPE raw yield extraction
3.2.5. Efficiency and Acceptance
3.2.6.Equivalent number of MB events
3.2.7. Combine NPE results
3.2.8.Background from J/ψ decay
3.2.9.Systematic uncertainties
Chapter 4 Results and Discussion
4.2 Invariant yields and RAA of NPE at high pT in 200 GeV Au+Au collisions
4.3 RAA at intermediate pT in 200 GeV Au+Au collisions
4.4 Summary
Chapter 5 Outlook
5.1 The Heavy Flavor Tracker
5.2 Invariant yields and RAA of NPE in 200 GeV Au+Au collisions
5.3 Bottom decayed electrons in 200 GeV Au+Au collisions
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Publications