Published March 10, 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

High pT measurements from PHENIX

Description

We present recent high transverse momentum measurements by the PHENIX experiment for Au+Au and p+p collisions at √SNN = 200 GeV at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). We show particle spectra for neutral pions and charged hadrons, define and show the nuclear modification factor, and discuss particle composition. By means of the nuclear modification factor, we observe a suppression factor of 5-6 for neutral pions and 3-4 for charged hadrons in central collisions at high pT. We find that the ratio of π0 to (h+ + h-)/2 remains nearly constant at ∼ 0.5 for pT = 2 - 9 GeV/c. Finally we present strong evidence for the observation of jets in Au+Au collisions

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S0375947402014288;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. A
Journal Volume
715
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 199-208
ISSN
0375-9474
CODEN
NUPABL

Conference

Title
16. international conference on ultra-relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions
Dates
18-24 Jul 2002
Place
Nantes (France)

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