Direct observation of dijets in central Au + Au collisions at ÃsNN = 200 GeV

John Adams, Lee Barnby, CO Blyth, Leon Gaillard, Peter Jones, John Nelson, Anthony Timmins

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Abstract

The STAR Collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider reports measurements of azimuthal correlations of high transverse momentum (pT) charged hadrons in Au+Au collisions at higher pT than reported previously. As (pT) is increased, a narrow, back-to-back peak emerges above the decreasing background, providing a clear dijet signal for all collision centralities studied. Using these correlations, we perform a systematic study of dijet production and suppression in nuclear collisions, providing new constraints on the mechanisms underlying partonic energy loss in dense matter.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)162301
Number of pages1
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume97 (16)
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2006

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