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Evidence from d + Au measurements for final-state suppression of high-pT hadrons in Au + Au collisions at RHIC

  • STAR Collaboration
  • University of Birmingham
  • Goethe University Frankfurt
  • Panjab University
  • Purdue University
  • Kent State University
  • University of California at Davis
  • Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
  • University of Jammu
  • Indiana University Bloomington
  • Institut de Recherches Subatomiques
  • Ohio State University
  • Wayne State University
  • Yale University
  • University of Rajasthan
  • Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre India
  • University of Washington
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • Rice University
  • National Institute for Subatomic Physics
  • SUBATECH
  • Moscow Engineering Physics Institute
  • Argonne National Laboratory
  • Academia Sinica - Shanghai Institute of Nuclear Research
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Czech Academy of Sciences
  • University of Science and Technology of China
  • University of California at Los Angeles
  • Creighton University
  • University of Texas at Austin

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Abstract

We report measurements of single-particle inclusive spectra and two-particle azimuthal distributions of charged hadrons at high transverse momentum (high pT) in minimum bias and central d + Au collisions at √SNN = 200 GeV. The inclusive yield is enhanced in d + Au collisions relative to binary-scaled p + p collisions, while the two-particle azimuthal distributions are very similar to those observed in p + p collisions. These results demonstrate that the strong suppression of the inclusive yield and back-to-back correlations at high pT previously observed in central Au + Au collisions are due to final-state interactions with the dense medium generated in such collisions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number072304
Pages (from-to)723041-723046
Number of pages6
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume91
Issue number7
StatePublished - Aug 15 2003

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