Identified hadron compositions in p+p and Au+Au collisions at high transverse momenta at sNN=200\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}} = 200 GeV

Collaboration
Oct, 2011
6 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 108 (2012) 072302
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We report transverse momentum (pT15p_{T} \leq15 GeV/cc) spectra of π±\pi^{\pm}, K±K^{\pm}, pp, pˉ\bar{p}, KS0K_{S}^{0}, and ρ0\rho^{0} at mid-rapidity in p+p and Au+Au collisions at sNN\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}} = 200 GeV. Perturbative QCD calculations are consistent with π±\pi^{\pm} spectra in p+p collisions but do not reproduce KK and p(pˉ)p(\bar{p}) spectra. The observed decreasing antiparticle-to-particle ratios with increasing pTp_T provide experimental evidence for varying quark and gluon jet contributions to high-pTp_T hadron yields. The relative hadron abundances in Au+Au at pT>8p_{T}{}^{>}_{\sim}8 GeV/cc are measured to be similar to the p+p results, despite the expected Casimir effect for parton energy loss.
Note:
  • 6 pages, 3 figures, published at PRL
  • 13.85.Ni
  • 25.75.Dw
  • heavy ion: scattering
  • gold
  • p p: scattering
  • parton: energy loss
  • effect: Casimir
  • quantum chromodynamics: perturbation theory
  • central region
  • hadron: hadroproduction