PHENIX Probing QCD Matter Through Heavy Flavor and Quarkonium at RHIC

Abstract

Recent results from the PHENIX experiment on heavy flavors and quarkonia production in p + Al, p + Au, d + Au, and Au + Au collision systems at √ SNN = 200 GeV are summarized. The results are carried out by the measurements of the nuclear modification factors and elliptic flow. The nuclear modification factors measurements give insight into the energy loss of heavy quarks in the quark-gluon plasma medium along their path lengths. The elliptic flow measurements are a good tool to investigate the coupling of heavy quarks with the medium. The measurements are presented as a function of centrality, rapidity, and transverse momentum. The interpretations of the results in light of our current theoretical models, and comparison to LHCb and ALICE measurements are presented.