Analysis of heavy-flavour particles in ALICE with the O2 analysis framework

Autor: Kučera Vít, Innocenti Gian Michele, Prino Francesco, Rossi Andrea, Grosse-Oetringhaus Jan Fiete, Zardoshti Nima, Dello Stritto Luigi, Zampolli Chiara, Catalano Fabio, Zhang Biao, Jacazio Nicolo, Faggin Mattia, Palasciano Antonio, Colamaria Fabio, Mazzilli Marianna, Thomas Deepa, Spijkers Rik, Zhu Jianhui, Zanoli Henrique
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol 251, p 03064 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2100-014X
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202125103064
Popis: Precise measurements of heavy-flavour hadrons down to very low pT represent the core of the physics program of the upgraded ALICE experiment in Run 3 [1]. These physics probes are characterised by a very small signal-to-background ratio requiring very large statistics of minimum-bias events. In Run 3, ALICE is expected to collect up to 13 nb−1 of lead–lead collisions, corresponding to about 1 × 1011 minimum-bias events. In order to analyse this unprecedented amount of data, which is about 100 times larger than the statistics collected in Run 1 and Run 2, the ALICE collaboration is developing a complex analysis framework that aims at maximising the processing speed and data volume reduction [2]. In this paper, the strategy of reconstruction, selection, skimming, and analysis of heavy-flavour events for Run 3 will be presented. Some preliminary results on the reconstruction of charm mesons and baryons will be shown and the prospects for future developments and optimisation discussed.
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