학술논문
Charged hadron transverse momentum distributions in Au+Au collisions at √ of sNN =200 GeV
Document Type
Article
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*HADRONS
*PARTICLES (Nuclear physics)
*COLLISIONS (Nuclear physics)
*SPECTRUM analysis
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ISSN
0370-2693
Abstract
We present transverse momentum distributions of charged hadrons produced in Au+Au collisions at √ of sNN=200 GeV. The spectra were measured for transverse momenta pT from 0.25 to 4.5 GeV/c in a pseudorapidity range of 0.2<η<1.4 . The evolution of the spectra is studied as a function of collision centrality, from 65 to 344 participating nucleons. The results are compared to data from proton–antiproton collisions and Au+Au collisions at lower RHIC energies. We find a significant change of the spectral shape between proton–antiproton and semi-peripheral Au+Au collisions. Comparing semi-peripheral to central Au+Au collisions, we find that the yields at high pT exhibit approximate scaling with the number of participating nucleons, rather than scaling with the number of binary collisions. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]