Abstract
We predict the charm and bottom quark nuclear modification factors using weakly coupled perturbative quantum chromodynamics (pQCD) and strongly coupled AdS/CFT drag methods. The log(pT/MQ)/pT dependence of pQCD loss and the momentum independence of drag loss lead to different momentum dependences for the RAA predictions. This difference is enhanced by examining a new experimental observable, the double ratio of charm to bottom nuclear modification factors, Rcb = RcAA/RbAA. At LHC the weakly coupled theory predicts Rcb → 1, whereas the strongly coupled theory predicts Rcb ∼ 0.2 independent of pT. At RHIC the differences are less dramatic, as the production spectra are harder, but the drag formula is applicable to higher momenta, due to the lower medium temperature.
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