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Watanabe Yosuke
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Heavy flavor measurements with ALICE
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The ALICE detector at the LHC has been optimized
for the studies of Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP)
created in heavy-ion collisions. Heavy quarks
(charm and bottom) are one of the probes
that has been extensively used to elucidate
the properties of the QGP. They are dominantly
produced at the initial stage of the collisions
and experience the whole evolution of the
system.
 In ALICE, heavy-quark production is studied
by detecting electrons or muons from semi-leptonic
decays of charm and bottom hadrons or by
fully reconstructing hadronic decays of charm
mesons and baryons. The measurements in pp
collisions provide critical tests of predictions
from QCD and also an essential baseline for
the studies in heavy-ion collisions. The
measurements in p-Pb collisions are useful
to study cold nuclear matter effects. The
multiplicity dependence studies set further
constraints on the production and hadronization
mechanisms and might signal the formation
of the QGP in such small systems. Finally,
the measurements in Pb-Pb collisions shed
light on the interactions between heavy quarks
and the QGP and also on the properties of
the QGP itself. 
 In this talk, we will present recent open
heavy-flavor results from pp collisions,
p-Pb collisions and Pb-Pb collisions, collected
with the ALICE detector during the LHC Run-1
and Run-2. 



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