Eur. Phys. J. C (2004) 37: 465-469
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2004-02003-4
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2004-02003-4
theoretical physics
Medium-modified fragmentation of b-jets tagged by a leading muon in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions
D.V. Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119992, Vorobievy Gory, Moscow, Russia
* e-mail: igor@lav01.sinp.msu.ru
The possibility to observe the medium-modified fragmentation of hard b quarks tagged by a leading muon in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions is analyzed. We have found that reasonable statistics, 
events per 1 month of LHC run with lead beams, can be expected for the realistic geometrical acceptance and kinematic cuts. The numerical estimates on the effect of the medium-induced softening b-jet fragmentation function are given.
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