<div> <div> <div> <p>A strongly interacting Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP) is created in relativistic heavy ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). Owning to their large mass, charm quarks are produced by initial parton-parton hard scatterings and experience the entire evolution of the QGP medium created in heavy ion collisions. They can therefore be a valuable tool to study the early time dynamics and the properties of the QGP. Many experimental observables are exploited to extract the information of QGP. This thesis analyzes the directed flow (v1) and the elliptic flow (v2) of D0 mesons (carrying a charm quark) using data collected by the Heavy Flavor Tracker in the STAR experiment in 2014 and 2016 RHIC runs. The v1 and v2 are measured by the first and second order Fourier coefficients of the D0 azimuthal distribution relative to the reaction plane. The measurements help constrain the parameters in theoretical models to describe heavy quark dynamics in the QGP. The measurements are compared to the v1(2) of light flavors to shed additional insights on the QGP. </p> </div> </div> </div>

<div> <div> <div> <div> <p>Due to the large masses, heavy quarks are produced early and experience the full evolution of the medium. The comparison between the nuclear modification factors of heavy flavor and light hadrons can provide insights into the expected flavor dependence of parton energy loss. The relative coalescence contribution to baryon production is expected to be more significant than that to mesons because of their larger number of constituent quarks. In particular, models involving coalescence of charm and light-flavor quarks predict a large enhancement in the Λ+c /D0 production ratio in the heavy ion collisions relative to pp collisions and also predict that this enhancement has a strong pT dependence. </p><p>This dissertation presents the production of inclusive (prompt) Λ+c baryons in proton- proton and lead-lead collisions at 5.02 TeV in 2015 (2017 and 2018) with CMS detector at the CERN LHC. These two analyses show that Λ+c baryons production is found to be suppressed in heavy ion collisions. This suppression is consistent with the suppression observed in D0 meson measurements. The Λ+c /D0 production ratios in pp collisions are consistent with a model obtained by adding color reconnection in hadronization to PYTHIA8. Also the Λ+c /D0 production ratios in pp collisions are consistent with the model that includes enhanced contribution from the decay of excited charm baryons and the model includes the effect of fragmentation and coalescence. There is a hint of an enhancement in the Λ+c /D0 production ratio in PbPb collisions in the pT range of 6–12.5 GeV/c compared to pp collisions. The Λ+c /D0 ratios in pp and PbPb collisions for pT > 12.5 GeV/c are found to be consistent with each other. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div>

In this thesis it is performed the measurement of electrons from heavy-flavor hadron decays, with the use of the ALICE detector, at LHC. Two analysis are performed. The first one consists in the measurement of the invariant cross section of electrons from open heavy-flavor (charm or beauty) hadron decays in pp collisions at s = 13 TeV, the largest center of mass energy generated by LHC up to now, in the transverse momentum interval 0.5 < pT < 4 GeV/c. The experimental cross-section is compared to the pQCD-based prediction given by FONLL, and it sits on the upper edge of the theoretical uncertainty band over the full momentum range. The ratios between this experimental result and the equivalent measurements performed at lower center of mass energy have the potential to bring constrains to the FONLL calculation. The second analysis consists in the measurement of the nuclear modification factor, RAA , of electrons from beauty-hadron decays in the 10% most central Pb-Pb collisions at sNN = 5.02 TeV, in the interval 2 < pT < 8 GeV/c. Electrons from beauty-hadron decays are extracted from the inclusive electron yield via fits to the impact parameter distribution using templates of electrons from different sources, obtained from Monte Carlo simulations. This measurement allows to probe the energy loss of beauty quarks when traversing the Quark-Gluon-Plasma (QGP), a color-deconfined medium produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. A suppression of about 40-50% is observed on the RAA for pT > 3 GeV/c and it is consistent, over the full momentum range and within experimental uncertainties, with the prediction of pQCD-based models that describe a mass-dependent energy loss of the heavy-quarks while traversing the QGP, interacting with its constituents via radiative and collisional processes. This analysis brings significant improvement of the experimental uncertainties with respect to the equivalent measurement performed with the run 1 data and consists in an important step in the study of the mass-dependence of the energy loss of heavy quarks inside the QGP at low pT . / Nessa tese é feita a medida de elétrons provenientes do decaimento de hadrons que contêm quarks pesados (charm ou beauty), com o uso dos detectores do experimento ALICE, no LHC. Duas análises são realizadas. A primeira consiste na medida da seção de choque invariante de elétrons provenientes do decaimento de hadrons que contêm quarks charm ou beauty em colisões pp a s = 13 TeV, a maior energia de centro de massa gerada pelo LHC até então, na região de momento transversal 0.5 < pT < 4 GeV/c. Esse resultado é comparado com a previsão dada pelo FONLL (calculo baseado em QCD perturbativa) e se situa no limite superior da incerteza teórica, sobre toda a faixa de momento. As razões entre este resultado experimental e medidas equivalentes realizadas em mais baixa energia podem trazer informações importantes para tornar o cálculo teórico mais preciso. A segunda análise consiste na medida do fator de modificação nuclear, RAA , de elétrons provenientes do decaimento de hadrons que contêm quarks beauty, em colisões centrais de Pb-Pb a sNN = 5.02 TeV, no intervalo 2 < pT < 8 GeV/c. Elétrons provenientes de hadrons que contêm quarks beauty são extrados do conjunto de elétrons inclusivos a partir do ajuste da distribuição do parâmetro de impacto com templates de elétrons de diferentes fontes, extrados de simulações de Monte Carlo. Essa medida permite estudar a perda de energia dos quarks beauty ao atravessarem o Plasma de Quarks e Glúons (QGP), produzido em colisões entre ons pesados em altas energias. É observada uma supressão de 40-50% no RAA medido para pT > 3 GeV/c e esta é consistente, sobre toda a faixa de p T , com a previsão de modelos baseados em pQCD, que descrevem a perda de energia dos quarks pesados via processos elásticos e inelásticos com os constituintes do QGP, de maneira dependente da massa. Este resultado possui incertezas experimentais significativamente menores com relação à medida realizada com dados do run 1 e consiste num importante passo no estudo da dependência em massa da perda de energia dos quarks pesados no QGP em baixo pT .

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Les désintégrations de quark $b$ rares interviennent principalement via des courant neutres changeant la saveur, (Flavor Changing Neutral Current, FCNC en anglais). Le modèle Standard n'autorise les courants qu'au niveau des boucles. Ces processus FCNC sont sujets \`a une suppression de GIM conduisant à des processus rares. Par conséquent les désintégration $b to s$ sont de très bon outils pour la recherche de phénomène de Nouvelle Physique au delà du Modèle Standard. Cette thèse présente l'analyse angulaire de la désintégration $B^0\to K^{*0}\mu^+\mu^-$ avec l'ensemble des données collecté par l'expérience lhcb durant le run I du lhc. La complète série des observable angulaires a été mesuré via un ajustement d'une fonction de vraisemblance, gr$\hat{\rm a}$ce à une sélection amélioré et les 3 fb$^{-1}$ de donné collecté en 2011 et 2012 par lhcb. Par ailleurs, l'analyse du rapport $R_{K^*}$ est également présenté et les résultats sont attendu pour la fin de l'année 2015. / Rare beauty decays proceed mostly through the $b\to s$ Flavor Changing Neutral Current, which is possible only at loop level in the Standard Model. These FCNC processes are subject to GIM suppression leading to a rare decay. Therefore the $b\to s$ processes are good tools to look for New Physics phenomenon beyond the Standard Model. New Physics particle could become detectable by causing deviation from the Standard Model predictions for observables such as angular observables, branching ratio or CP asymmetries. This thesis present the angular analysis of the $B^0\to K^{*0}\mu^+\mu^-$ decay with the whole dataset collected by lhcb during the first run of the lhc. The full set of the angular observables has been measured through a maximum likelihood fit, thanks to an improved selection and the 3 fb$^{-1}$ of data collected in 2011 and 2012 by lhcb. In addition, the analysis on the measurement of the ratio $R_{K^*}$ has also been presented and the results are expected by the end of 2015.

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<p>Heavy flavor hadrons serve as valuable probes of the transport properties of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) created in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. In this dissertation, we introduce a comprehensive framework that describes the full-time evolution of heavy flavor in heavy-ion collisions, including its initial production, in-medium evolution inside the QGP matter, hadronization process from heavy quarks to their respective mesonic bound states and the subsequent interactions between heavy mesons and the hadron gas.</p><p>The in-medium energy loss of heavy quarks is studied within the framework of a Langevin equation coupled to hydrodynamic models that simulate the space-time evolution of the hot and dense QGP matter. We improve the classical Langevin approach such that, apart from quasi-elastic scatterings between heavy quarks and the medium background, radiative energy loss is incorporated as well by treating gluon radiation as a recoil force term. The subsequent hadronization of emitted heavy quarks is simulated via a hybrid fragmentation plus recombination model. The propagation of produced heavy mesons in the hadronic phase is described using the ultra-relativistic quantum molecular dynamics (UrQMD) model. Our calculation shows that while collisional energy loss dominates the heavy quark motion inside the QGP in the low transverse momentum (pT) regime, contributions from gluon radiation are found to be significant at high pT. The recombination mechanism is important for the heavy flavor meson production at intermediate energies. The hadronic final state interactions further enhance the suppression and the collective flow of heavy mesons we observe. Within our newly developed framework, we present numerical results for the nuclear modification and the elliptic flow of D mesons, which are consistent with measurements at both the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the BNL Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC); predictions for B mesons are also provided.</p><p>In addition, various transport properties of heavy quarks are investigated within our numerical framework, such as the thermalization process of heavy quarks inside the QGP, and how the initial configuration of the QGP as well as its properties affect the final state spectra and the elliptic flow of heavy mesons and their decay electrons. The effects of initial state fluctuations in heavy-ion collisions are also studied and found to enhance the heavy quark energy loss in a (2+1)-dimensional boost invariant scenario. Furthermore, a new set of observables -- heavy-flavor-tagged angular correlation functions -- are explored and found to be potential candidates for distinguishing different energy loss mechanisms of heavy quarks inside the QGP.</p> / Dissertation

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / O presente trabalho refere-se ao estudo sobre a razão da produção difrativa e total de B+ decaindo em J=y +K+, no ambiente do experimento CMS do colisor de prótons LHC do CERN, contribuindo assim com a compreensão geral do Modelo Padrão (SM) como a teoria das interações fundamentais entre as partículas elementares. Inicialmente, é apresentada uma análise com o intuito de selecionar os eventos que possuem um méson B+, uma vez que o canal de decaimento mencionado: poderá ser a primeira medida da produção exclusiva do méson B à escala de energia do LHC; é um dos principais canais de fundo para outras análises; e possibilita a utilização de um canal limpo para a calibração do CMS. Em seguida, é apresentada a forma de se identificar eventos difrativos no CMS, utilizando a baixa multiplicidade de torres ativas nos calorímetros CASTOR e HF. Esse estudo foi baseado em simulações computacionais, as quais reproduziram as condições físicas esperadas para o CMS/LHC, à energia de centro de massa de 10 TeV. Utilizou-se na geração de eventos o Monte Carlo POMWIG para as amostras difrativas e o PYTHIA para as demais. / This work concerns the study of the diffractive production ratio of the B+ meson decaying into J=y + K+, in the CMS/LHC environment, thus contributing to an general understanding of the Standard Model (SM) as the theory of fundamental interactions between elementary particles. To begin with, an analysis is done in order to select the events that have B+, as the study of the mentioned channel could provide the first measurement of the exclusive production of B mesons at the energy scale of the LHC. Also, it is an important channel both for further analysis and to make CMS calibrations. Furthermore, we show how to identify diffractive events in CMS, using low multiplicity of active cells in the forward calorimeters, HF and CASTOR. This study was based on computer simulations, which reproduce the Physics conditions expected for CMS at 10 TeV. The POMWIG generator was used to produce the diffractive samples and the others were done with PYTHIA.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / O presente trabalho refere-se ao estudo sobre a razão da produção difrativa e total de B+ decaindo em J=y +K+, no ambiente do experimento CMS do colisor de prótons LHC do CERN, contribuindo assim com a compreensão geral do Modelo Padrão (SM) como a teoria das interações fundamentais entre as partículas elementares. Inicialmente, é apresentada uma análise com o intuito de selecionar os eventos que possuem um méson B+, uma vez que o canal de decaimento mencionado: poderá ser a primeira medida da produção exclusiva do méson B à escala de energia do LHC; é um dos principais canais de fundo para outras análises; e possibilita a utilização de um canal limpo para a calibração do CMS. Em seguida, é apresentada a forma de se identificar eventos difrativos no CMS, utilizando a baixa multiplicidade de torres ativas nos calorímetros CASTOR e HF. Esse estudo foi baseado em simulações computacionais, as quais reproduziram as condições físicas esperadas para o CMS/LHC, à energia de centro de massa de 10 TeV. Utilizou-se na geração de eventos o Monte Carlo POMWIG para as amostras difrativas e o PYTHIA para as demais. / This work concerns the study of the diffractive production ratio of the B+ meson decaying into J=y + K+, in the CMS/LHC environment, thus contributing to an general understanding of the Standard Model (SM) as the theory of fundamental interactions between elementary particles. To begin with, an analysis is done in order to select the events that have B+, as the study of the mentioned channel could provide the first measurement of the exclusive production of B mesons at the energy scale of the LHC. Also, it is an important channel both for further analysis and to make CMS calibrations. Furthermore, we show how to identify diffractive events in CMS, using low multiplicity of active cells in the forward calorimeters, HF and CASTOR. This study was based on computer simulations, which reproduce the Physics conditions expected for CMS at 10 TeV. The POMWIG generator was used to produce the diffractive samples and the others were done with PYTHIA.

Les désintégrations semileptoniques du méson $B$ participent à la détermination de certains paramètres fondamentaux du Modèle Standard. Ce travail décrit essentiellement l'étude des deux canaux de désintégrations $B_s \to D_s \ell \bar\nu_\ell$ et $B\to D^{**} \ell\bar\nu_\ell$ (où les $D^{**}$ sont les premières excitations orbitales des mésons $D$ ayant une parité positive). Le cadre théorique est celui de la QCD sur réseau qui, en discrétisant l'espace-temps, permet de calculer non perturbativement les fonctions de Green de la théorie. En utilisant l'action à masse twistée avec deux saveurs dégénérées de quarks dynamiques ($N_f=2$), nous avons commencé par étudier la spectroscopie des états charmés scalaires $D_0^*$ et tenseurs $D_2^*$. Ensuite, nous avons réalisé la détermination du facteur de forme $G_s(1)$ décrivant le processus $B_s\to D_s \ell \bar\nu_\ell$ dans le Modèle Standard. Ce paramètre offre un moyen d'extraire l'élément de la matrice CKM $V_{cb}$. Par ailleurs, et pour la première fois en QCD sur réseau, nous avons déterminé les rapports $F_0(q^2)/F_+(q^2)$ et $F_T(q^2)/F_+(q^2)$ dans la région proche du recul nul: ces contributions sont en effet nécessaires afin de discuter ce canal de désintégration dans certains modèles au-delà du Modèle Standard. Enfin, une étude préliminaire du canal de désintégration $B\to D^{**}$ a été abordée où nous avons trouvé une valeur non nulle de l'élément de matrice décrivant la désintégration $B\to D_0^*$ à recul nul contrairement de ce qui est connu à la limite des quarks lourds. Dans le cas du $B \to D_2^*$, nos résultats ont montré un signal indiquant une différence par rapport aux prédictions de masse infinie. Ces calculs sont indispensables afin de tirer une conclusion plus solide concernant le ``puzzle 1/2 vs 3/2''. / Semileptonic decays of $B$ mesons provide a rich source of knowledge for determining fundamental parameters of the Standard Model. This work reports mainly on the study of two semileptonic decay channels: the $B_s \to D_s \ell\bar\nu_\ell$ and $B\to D^{**} \ell\bar\nu_\ell$ (where the $D^{**}$ are the first orbitally excited states of the $D$ mesons having a positive parity). The theoretical framework is Lattice QCD which is considered as the only satisfying approach which calculates in a non perturbative way the transition amplitudes from first principles. By using the twisted mass QCD on the lattice with $N_f = 2$ dynamical flavors we studied, first, the spectroscopy of the scalar $D_0^*$ and the tensor $D_2^*$ states. Then, we determined the normalization $G_s(1)$ of the form factor dominating $B_s \to D_s \ell \bar\nu_\ell$ in the Standard Model which provides a means of extracting the CKM matrix element $V_{cb}$. Next, we make the first lattice determination of $F_0(q^2)/F_+(q^2)$ and $F_T(q^2)/F_+(q^2)$ near the zero recoil. The obtained results are important for the discussion of this decay in various scenarios of physics beyond the Standard Model. Finally, we did a preliminary study of $B\to D^{**}$ where we have obtained a non vanishing matrix element corresponding to the decay of $B$ into the $D_0^*$ at zero recoil contrary to what was known in the heavy quark limit. Moreover, the computations corresponding to $B\to D_2^*$ show a signal indicating a difference with respect to the infinite mass limit prediction. These results are important to draw a firm conclusion on the ``1/2 vs 3/2 puzzle''.