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Nuclear modification factors for pion production in AuAu and CuCu collisions are analyzed at very high transverse momenta. At p_T > 10 GeV/c, the R_{AA}(p_T) is determined mostly by the initial state nuclear modifications (e.g. EMC effect)…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-05-07 G. G. Barnafoldi , G. Fai , P. Levai , G. Papp , B. A. Cole

Neutral pion production with respect to centrality and reaction plane in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV

The PHENIX experiment has measured the production of neutral pions in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV. The new data offer a fourfold increase in recorded luminosity, providing higher precision and a larger reach in transverse…

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Morino , A. Morreale , D. P. Morrison , T. V. Moukhanova , J. Murata , S. Nagamiya , J. L. Nagle , M. Naglis , M. I. Nagy , I. Nakagawa , Y. Nakamiya , T. Nakamura , K. Nakano , J. Newby , M. Nguyen , R. Nouicer , A. S. Nyanin , E. O'Brien , S. X. Oda , C. A. Ogilvie , M. Oka , K. Okada , Y. Onuki , A. Oskarsson , M. Ouchida , K. Ozawa , R. Pak , V. Pantuev , V. Papavassiliou , I. H. Park , J. Park , S. K. Park , W. J. Park , S. F. Pate , H. Pei , J. -C. Peng , H. Pereira , V. Peresedov , D. Yu. Peressounko , C. Pinkenburg , R. P. Pisani , M. Proissl , M. L. Purschke , A. K. Purwar , H. Qu , J. Rak , A. Rakotozafindrabe , I. Ravinovich , K. F. Read , K. Reygers , V. Riabov , Y. Riabov , E. Richardson , D. Roach , G. Roche , S. D. Rolnick , M. Rosati , C. A. Rosen , S. S. E. Rosendahl , P. Rosnet , P. Rukoyatkin , P. Ružička , B. Sahlmueller , N. Saito , T. Sakaguchi , K. Sakashita , V. Samsonov , S. Sano , T. Sato , S. Sawada , K. Sedgwick , J. Seele , R. Seidl , A. Yu. Semenov , R. Seto , D. Sharma , I. Shein , T. -A. Shibata , K. Shigaki , M. Shimomura , K. Shoji , P. Shukla , A. Sickles , C. L. Silva , D. Silvermyr , C. Silvestre , K. S. Sim , B. K. Singh , C. P. Singh , V. Singh , M. Slunečka , R. A. Soltz , W. E. Sondheim , S. P. Sorensen , I. V. Sourikova , N. A. Sparks , P. W. Stankus , E. Stenlund , S. P. Stoll , T. Sugitate , A. Sukhanov , J. Sziklai , E. M. Takagui , A. Taketani , R. Tanabe , Y. Tanaka , K. Tanida , M. J. Tannenbaum , S. Tarafdar , A. Taranenko , P. Tarján , H. Themann , T. L. Thomas , M. Togawa , A. Toia , L. Tomášek , H. Torii , R. S. Towell , I. Tserruya , Y. Tsuchimoto , C. Vale , H. Valle , H. W. van Hecke , E. Vazquez-Zambrano , A. Veicht , J. Velkovska , R. Vértesi , A. A. Vinogradov , M. Virius , V. Vrba , E. Vznuzdaev , X. R. Wang , D. Watanabe , K. Watanabe , Y. Watanabe , F. Wei , R. Wei , J. Wessels , S. N. White , D. Winter , J. P. Wood , C. L. Woody , R. M. Wright , M. Wysocki , W. Xie , Y. L. Yamaguchi , K. Yamaura , R. Yang , A. Yanovich , J. Ying , S. Yokkaichi , Z. You , G. R. Young , I. Younus , I. E. Yushmanov , W. A. Zajc , C. Zhang , S. Zhou , L. Zolin

Prompt photons at RHIC

We calculate the inclusive cross section for prompt photon production in heavy-ion collisions at RHIC energies ($\sqrt{s}=130$ GeV and $\sqrt{s}=200$ GeV) in the central rapidity region including next-to-leading order,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 J. Jalilian-Marian , K. Orginos , I. Sarcevic

The Nuclear Modification Factor at Large Rapidities

RHIC data on high-$p_T$ hadron production display strong suppression in a wide rapidity region, indicating strong induced energy loss for both transversally and longitudinally traveling partons. We investigate the interplay of energy loss…

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Nuclear effects in dAu collisions from recent RHIC data

Neutral pion (pi0) production is calculated in a leading order (LO) perturbative QCD-based model in pp and dAu collisions at s^1/2=200 AGeV at midrapidity. The model includes the transverse component of the initial parton distribution. We…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 P. Levai , G. G. Barnafoldi , G. Fai , G. Papp

Note on proton-antiproton suppression in 200 AGeV Au-Au collisions

We discuss the measured nuclear suppression of p + pbar production in 200 AGeV Au-Au collisions at RHIC within radiative energy loss. For the AKK set of fragmentation functions, proton production is dominated by gluons, giving rise to the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Thorsten Renk , Kari J. Eskola

The New Physics at RHIC. From Transparency to High p$_t$ Suppression

Heavy ion collisions at RHIC energies (Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV) exhibit significant new features as compared to earlier experiments at lower energies. The reaction is characterized by a high degree of transparency of the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-06-26 Jens Jorgen Gaardhoje

Pion production in d+Au collisions at RHIC energy

We present our results on neutral pion pi0 production in pp and dAu collisions at RHIC energy. Pion spectra are calculated in a next-to-leading order (NLO) perturbative QCD-based model. The model includes the transverse component of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 P. Levai , G. Papp , G. G. Barnafoldi , G. Fai

Quick View on Jet Tomography at RHIC Energies

A strong suppression of Pi production in Au+Au collision was discovered at RHIC energies in the high-p_T region. The lack of this suppression in d+Au collision proved, this effect can be connected to final state effects, namely medium…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-25 G. G. Barnafoldi

Hadron Production at Intermediate $p_T$ at RHIC

Large proton and antiproton enhancement with respect to pions has been observed at intermediate transverse momentum $p_T \approx$ 2-5 GeV/$c$ in Au+Au collisions at RHIC. To investigate the possible source of this anomaly, the production of…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 Tatsuya Chujo

Properties of particle production at large transverse momentum in Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at RHIC

We present the incident energy and system size dependence of the pT spectra for charged pions, protons, and anti-protons using Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at Sqrt(sNN) = 62.4 and 200 GeV in STAR experiment at RHIC. Through these measurements…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Bedangadas Mohanty