Identified baryon and meson distributions at large transverse momenta from Au+Au collisions at s(NN)**(1/2) = 200-GeV

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Jun, 2006
6 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 97 (2006) 152301
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Abstract:
Transverse momentum spectra of π±\pi^{\pm}, pp and pˉ\bar{p} up to 12 GeV/c at mid-rapidity in centrality selected Au+Au collisions at sNN=200\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}} = 200 GeV are presented. In central Au+Au collisions, both π±\pi^{\pm} and p(pˉ)p(\bar{p}) show significant suppression with respect to binary scaling at pT>p_T > 4 GeV/c. Protons and anti-protons are less suppressed than π±\pi^{\pm}, in the range 1.5 <pT<< p_{T} <6 GeV/c. The π/π+\pi^-/\pi^+ and pˉ/p\bar{p}/p ratios show at most a weak pTp_T dependence and no significant centrality dependence. The p/πp/\pi ratios in central Au+Au collisions approach the values in p+p and d+Au collisions at pT>p_T > 5 GeV/c. The results at high pTp_T indicate that the partonic sources of π±\pi^{\pm}, pp and pˉ\bar{p} have similar energy loss when traversing the nuclear medium.
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  • 6 pages, 4 figures Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 152301 (2006) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.152301
  • 13.85.Ni
  • 25.75.Dw
  • nucleus nucleus: colliding beams
  • scattering: heavy ion
  • gold
  • hadron: multiple production
  • pi
  • p
  • anti-p
  • transverse momentum: spectrum