Cold Nuclear Matter Effects at PHENIX
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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
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2013.01.046Additional details
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)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 45048442
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- BROOKHAVEN RHIC; COLLIDING BEAMS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DEUTERON BEAMS; DEUTERON REACTIONS; ELECTRONS; ENERGY LOSSES; FLAVOR MODEL; GOLD 197 BEAMS; GOLD 197 REACTIONS; J PSI-3097 MESONS; MODIFICATIONS; MULTIPARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; MULTIPLE PRODUCTION; NUCLEAR MATTER; PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION; PSI-3770 MESONS; QUARK MATTER
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; BEAMS; BOSONS; CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS; CHARMONIUM; COMPOSITE MODELS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EVALUATION; FERMIONS; HADRONS; HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; ION BEAMS; LEPTONS; LOSSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATTER; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MESONS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; QUARK MODEL; QUARKONIUM; SPECTROMETERS; STORAGE RINGS; VECTOR MESONS
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.