Heavy Flavour Physics in ALICE Massimo Masera University and INFN, Torino - Italy for the ALICE Collaboration 9 Feb 2008M. Masera Heavy Flavour in ALICE2 Contents Heavy Flavours at the LHC ALICE Open Flavours Physics motivations Hadronic charm Examples: D 0 K - +, D + K - + +, D s + K + K - + B e+X and B +X Quarkonia Quarkonia to dielectrons at midrapidity Quarkonia to dimuons at forward rapidities J/ and polarization J/ from beauty Conclusions 9 Feb 2008M. Masera Heavy Flavour in ALICE3 Yields at LHC energies system, s pp, 14 TeV Pb-Pb (0-5%), 5.5 TeV 11.2 / / / / 4.6 NLO pQCD calculations [Mangano, Nason, Ridolfi, NPB373 (1992) 295.] theoretical uncertainty: factor 2-3 From p+p to Pb-Pb: binary scaling + shadowing (EKS98) Predicted yields for charm and beauty HF are abundantly produced at the LHC: Probe unexplored small-x region with HQs at low p T and/or forward y down to x~10 -4 with charm, already at y=0 ALICE acceptance for charm and beauty muon arm Central barrel 9 Feb 2008M. Masera Heavy Flavour in ALICE4 ALICE Inner Tracking System (ITS) Time Projection Chamber (TPC) Time Of Flight (TOF) Muon Arm - see B. Espagnons talk Transition Radiation Detector (TRD) ALICE channels: electronic (| |