Azimuthal Anisotropy of pi(0) Production in Au plus Au Collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV: Path-Length Dependence of Jet Quenching and the Role of Initial Geometry
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO |
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18/04/2012
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2010
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We have measured the azimuthal anisotropy of pi(0) production for 1 < p(T) < 18 GeV/c for Au + Au collisions at root s(NN) = 200 GeV. The observed anisotropy shows a gradual decrease for 3 less than or similar to p(T) less than or similar to 7-10 GeV/c, but remains positive beyond 10 GeV/c. The magnitude of this anisotropy is underpredicted, up to at least similar to 10 GeV/c, by current perturbative QCD (PQCD) energy-loss model calculations. An estimate of the increase in anisotropy expected from initial-geometry modification due to gluon saturation effects and fluctuations is insufficient to account for this discrepancy. Calculations that implement a path-length dependence steeper than what is implied by current PQCD energy-loss models show reasonable agreement with the data. Office of Nuclear Physics in DOE Office of Science National Science Foundation NSF (USA) MEXT JSPS - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Japan) CNPq FAPESP (Brazil) NSFC (China) MSMT (Czech Republic) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - IN2P3/CNRS CEA (France) BMBF - Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung, Germany (DAAD) Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst, Germany Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany) OTKA (Hungary) (DAE) Department of Atomic Energy, India (DST) Department of Science and Technology, India ISF - Israel Science Foundation (Israel) NRF WCU (Korea) MES Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation RAS Russia Academy of Sciences FAAE (Russia) |
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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, v.105, n.14, 2010 0031-9007 http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/16066 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.142301 |
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eng |
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AMER PHYSICAL SOC |
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Physical Review Letters |
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restrictedAccess Copyright AMER PHYSICAL SOC |
Palavras-Chave | #QUARK-GLUON PLASMA #THEORETICAL CHALLENGES #COLLABORATION #PERSPECTIVE #QCD #Physics, Multidisciplinary |
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