Eur. Phys. J. C (2009) 62: 3-7
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-0997-z

Regular Article - Experimental Physics

Recent charm measurements through hadronic decay channels with STAR at RHIC in 200 GeV Cu+Cu collisions

Department of Physics, Yale University, 06520, New Haven, CT, USA

^* e-mail: stephen.baumgart@yale.edu

Received: 14 October 2008
Revised: 7 March 2009
Published online: 8 April 2009

Abstract

We report on the measurements of D ⁰ and D _s meson production in 200 GeV Cu+Cu collisions at the STAR at RHIC experiment. Results are discussed with reference to pQCD predictions of the open charm cross-section as well as the statistical hadronization model.