Suppressed π0 Production at Large Transverse Momentum in Central Au + Au Collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV

Physical Review Letters Volume 91 Issue 7 Page 072301-1-072301-6 published_at 2003-08-13
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Title ( eng )
Suppressed π0 Production at Large Transverse Momentum in Central Au + Au Collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV
Creator
PHENIX Collaboration
Enokizono Akitomo
Hachiya Takashi
Kohama Takeshi
Nakamura Tomoaki
Source Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume 91
Issue 7
Start Page 072301-1
End Page 072301-6
Abstract
Transverse momentum spectra of neutral pions in the range 1 < pT < 10 GeV/c have been measured at midrapidity by the PHENIX experiment at BNL RHIC in Au + Au collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV. The π0 multiplicity in central reactions is significantly below the yields measured at the same √sNN 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 ∼2.5 at pT = 2 GeV/c and increases to ∼4–5 at pT ≈ 4 GeV/c. At larger pT, the suppression remains constant within errors. The deficit is already apparent in semiperipheral reactions and increases smoothly with centrality.
Language
eng
Resource Type journal article
Publisher
American Physical Society
Date of Issued 2003-08-13
Rights
Copyright (c) 2003 The American Physical Society.
Publish Type Version of Record
Access Rights open access
Source Identifier
[ISSN] 0031-9007
[DOI] 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.072301
[NCID] AA00773679
[DOI] http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.072301