Published May 2, 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

Cold Nuclear Matter Effects at PHENIX

Description

While the study of the quark-gluon plasma has been the primary focus of the RHIC experiments, much work has also been done to understand so-called cold nuclear matter (CNM) effects through d + Au collisions where no hot plasma is produced. Effects such as nuclear shadowing, Cronin enhancement, and initial-state parton energy loss, among others, are not only interesting in their own right, but have direct implications on QGP-related measurements in A + A collisions. Recently PHENIX has measured CNM effects at midrapidity in √(sNN)=200 GeVd + Au collisions. Measurements of reconstructed jets reveal the centrality dependence of both jet suppression and broadening of the away-side jet. Meanwhile, single electrons from heavy flavor decays exhibit enhancement, increasing with centrality, over a broad pT range. J/ψ and ψ′ modification have also been measured and are quite different in magnitude, in contrast with our expectations. The above results are presented here and compared to our present understanding of CNM effects

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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2013.01.046

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2013.01.046;
PII
S0375-9474(13)00065-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. A
Journal Volume
904-905
Journal Page Range
p. 67c-74c
ISSN
0375-9474
CODEN
NUPABL

Conference

Title
23. international conference on ultrarelativistic nucleus?nucleus collisions
Acronym
Quark Matter 2012
Dates
13-18 Aug 2012
Place
Washington, DC (United States)

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