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Abstract
The results of midrapidity (0 <y <0.8) neutral pion spectra over an extended transverse momentum range (1 <p(T) <12 GeV/c) in root s(NN) = 200 GeV Au + Au collisions, measured by the STAR experiment, are presented. The neutral pions are reconstructed from photons measured either by the STAR Barrel Electro-Magnetic Calorimeter or by the Time Projection Chamber via tracking of conversion electron-positron pairs. Our measurements are compared to previously published pi(+/-) and pi(0) results. The nuclear modification factors R-CP and R-AA of pi(0) are also presented as a function of p(T). In the most central Au + Au collisions, the binary collision scaled pi(0) yield at high p(T) is suppressed by a factor of about 5 compared to the expectation from the yield of p + p collisions. Such a large suppression is in agreement with previous observations for light quark mesons and is consistent with the scenario that partons suffer considerable energy loss in the dense medium formed in central nucleus-nucleus collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Physical Review C |
Volume | 80 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2009 |
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Ultra-relativitic Heavy Ion Collisions - Application for Bridging Support
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
1/03/08 → 31/05/10
Project: Research Councils