Centrality dependence of charged hadron production in deuteron + gold and nucleon + gold collisions at s(NN)**(1/2) = 200-GeV
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We present transverse momentum (p_T) spectra of charged hadrons measured in deuteron-gold and nucleon-gold collisions at \sqrts = 200 GeV for four centrality classes. Nucleon-gold collisions were selected by tagging events in which a spectator nucleon was observed in one of two forward rapidity detectors. The spectra and yields were investigated as a function of the number of binary nucleon-nucleon collisions, \nu, suffered by deuteron nucleons. A comparison of charged particle yields to those in p+p collisions show that the yield per nucleon-nucleon collision saturates with \nu for high momentum particles. We also present the charged hadron to neutral pion ratios as a function of p_T.Note:
- 330 authors, 15 pages text, 16 figures, 3 tables. Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. 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
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- deuteron nucleus: colliding beams
- gold
- nucleon: spectator
- nucleon nucleus: interaction
- hadron: multiple production
- charged particle: multiplicity
- transverse momentum: spectrum
- impact parameter: dependence
- nucleon nucleon: interaction
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