Azimuthal Correlations of D Mesons with Charged Particles in Simulations with the ALICE Experiment

Abstract

In this work, we present the results of a component-level analysis with Monte Carlo simulations, which aid the interpretation of recent ALICE results of the azimutal correlation distribution of prompt D mesons with charged hadrons in pp and p–Pb collisions at sNN = 5.02 TeV. Parton-level contributions and fragmentation properties are evaluated. Charm and beauty contributions are compared in order to identify the observables that serve as sensitive probes of the production and hadronisation of heavy quarks.

Keywords

• angular correlations
• heavy flavour
• high-energy collisions
• CERN LHC ALICE