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Physics with Identified Particles at STAR

Nuclear Experiment 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

New physics results with identified particles at STAR are presented. Measurements at low pTp_T address bulk properties of the collision, while those at high pTp_T address jet energy loss in the bulk matter produced. Between these extremes, measurements at intermediate pTp_T address the interplay between jets and the bulk. We highlight: measurements of v2v_2 fluctuations as a new, sensitive probe of the initial conditions and the equation of state; correlations involving multi-strange particles, along with ratios of identified particles to test coalescence as a mechanism of particle production at intermediate pTp_T; three particle azimuthal correlation to search for conical emission; and the energy and particle-type dependence of hadron production at high pTp_T to study quark and gluon jet energy loss.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-ex/0701070,
  title  = {Physics with Identified Particles at STAR},
  author = {Lijuan Ruan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-ex/0701070},
  year   = {2008}
}

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9 pages, 7 figures. To appear in the proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (Quark Matter 2006), Shanghai, China, November 14-20, 2006