Scaling properties of proton and anti-proton production in s(NN)**(1/2) 200-GeV Au+Au collisions

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May, 2003
6 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 91 (2003) 172301
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Abstract:
We report on the yield of protons and anti-protons, as a function of centrality and transverse momentum, in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV measured at mid-rapidity by the PHENIX experiment at RHIC. In central collisions at intermediate transverse momenta (1.5 < p_T < 4.5 GeV/c) a significant fraction of all produced particles are protons and anti-protons. They show a centrality-scaling behavior different from that of pions. The p-bar/pion and p/pion ratios are enhanced compared to peripheral Au+Au, p+p, and electron+positron collisions. This enhancement is limited to p_T < 5 GeV/c as deduced from the ratio of charged hadrons to pi^0 measured in the range 1.5 < p_T < 9 GeV/c.
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  • 325 authors, 6 pages text, 4 figures, RevTeX 4. Minor changes to text and figures to meet PRL length restrictions: no changes to figures: resubmitted to PRL. Plain text data tables for the points plotted in figures for this and previous PHENIX publications are (or will be) publicly available at http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/papers.html
  • nucleus nucleus: colliding beams
  • scattering: heavy ion
  • gold
  • hadron: multiple production
  • p: hadroproduction
  • anti-p: hadroproduction
  • yield: (p anti-p pi)
  • impact parameter: dependence
  • transverse momentum dependence
  • scaling