Suppressed pi(0) production at large transverse momentum in central Au plus Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV

Summary, in English

Transverse momentum spectra of neutral pions in the range 1<p(T)<10 GeV/c have been measured at midrapidity by the PHENIX experiment at BNL RHIC in Au+Au collisions at roots(NN)=200 GeV. The pi(0) multiplicity in central reactions is significantly below the yields measured at the same roots(NN) in peripheral Au+Au and p+p reactions scaled by the number of nucleon-nucleon collisions. For the most central bin, the suppression factor is similar to2.5 at p(T)=2 GeV/c and increases to similar to4-5 at p(T)approximate to4 GeV/c. At larger p(T), the suppression remains constant within errors. The deficit is already apparent in semiperipheral reactions and increases smoothly with centrality.

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• Department/s: Department of Physics; Particle and nuclear physics
• Publishing year: 2003
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: Physical Review Letters
• Volume: 91
• Issue: 7: 072301
• Links: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v91/e072301; http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.072301
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: American Physical Society
• Topic: Subatomic Physics
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1079-7114