Nuclear Modification of Electron Spectra and Implications for Heavy Quark Energy Loss in Au + Au Collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV

Physical Review Letters 96 巻 3 号 032301-1-032301-6 頁 2006-01-26 発行
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タイトル ( eng )
Nuclear Modification of Electron Spectra and Implications for Heavy Quark Energy Loss in Au + Au Collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV
作成者
PHENIX Collaboration
Enokizono Akitomo
Hachiya Takashi
Kohama Takeshi
Nakamura Tomoaki
収録物名
Physical Review Letters
96
3
開始ページ 032301-1
終了ページ 032301-6
抄録
The PHENIX experiment has measured midrapidity (|η|<0.35) transverse momentum spectra (0.4<pT<5.0GeV/c) of electrons as a function of centrality in Au+Au collisions at sNN=200GeV. Contributions from photon conversions and from light hadron decays, mainly Dalitz decays of π0 and η mesons, were removed. The resulting nonphotonic electron spectra are primarily due to the semileptonic decays of hadrons carrying heavy quarks. Nuclear modification factors were determined by comparison to nonphotonic electrons in p+p collisions. A significant suppression of electrons at high pT is observed in central Au+Au collisions, indicating substantial energy loss of heavy quarks.
著者キーワード
heavy ion-nucleus reactions
electron production
meson decay
semileptonic decays
nuclei with mass number 190 to 219
言語
英語
資源タイプ 学術雑誌論文
出版者
American Physical Society
発行日 2006-01-26
権利情報
Copyright (c) 2006 The American Physical Society.
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収録物識別子
[ISSN] 0031-9007
[DOI] 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.032301
[NCID] AA00773679
[DOI] http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.032301