학술논문

Measurement of Direct Photons in Au+Au Collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV
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Working Paper
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Afanasiev, S.Aidala, C.Ajitanand, N. N.Akiba, Y.Al-Jamel, A.Alexander, J.Aoki, K.Aphecetche, L.Armendariz, R.Aronson, S. H.Averbeck, R.Awes, T. C.Azmoun, B.Babintsev, V.Baldisseri, A.Barish, K. N.Barnes, P. D.Bassalleck, B.Bathe, S.Batsouli, S.Baublis, V.Bauer, F.Bazilevsky, A.Belikov, S.Bennett, R.Berdnikov, Y.Bjorndal, M. T.Boissevain, J. G.Borel, H.Boyle, K.Brooks, M. L.Brown, D. S.Bucher, D.Buesching, H.Bumazhnov, V.Bunce, G.Burward-Hoy, J. M.Butsyk, S.Campbell, S.Chai, J. -S.Chernichenko, S.Chi, C. Y.Chiba, J.Chiu, M.Choi, I. J.Chujo, T.Cianciolo, V.Cleven, C. R.Cobigo, Y.Cole, B. A.Comets, M. P.Connors, M.Constantin, P.Csanád, M.Csörgő, T.Dahms, T.Das, K.David, G.Delagrange, H.Denisov, A.d'Enterria, D.Deshpande, A.Desmond, E. J.Dietzsch, O.Dion, A.Drachenberg, J. L.Drapier, O.Drees, A.Dubey, A. K.Durum, A.Dzhordzhadze, V.Efremenko, Y. V.Egdemir, J.Enokizono, A.En'yo, H.Espagnon, B.Esumi, S.Fields, D. E.Fleuret, F.Fokin, S. L.Forestier, B.Fraenkel, Z.Frantz, J. E.Franz, A.Frawley, A. D.Fukao, Y.Fung, S. -Y.Gadrat, S.Gastineau, F.Germain, M.Glenn, A.Gonin, M.Gosset, J.Goto, Y.de Cassagnac, R. GranierGrau, N.Greene, S. V.Perdekamp, M. GrosseGunji, T.Gustafsson, H. -Å.Hachiya, T.Henni, A. HadjHaggerty, J. S.Hagiwara, M. N.Hamagaki, H.Harada, H.Hartouni, E. P.Haruna, K.Harvey, M.Haslum, E.Hasuko, K.Hayano, R.He, X.Heffner, M.Hemmick, T. K.Heuser, J. M.Hiejima, H.Hill, J. C.Hobbs, R.Holmes, M.Holzmann, W.Homma, K.Hong, B.Horaguchi, T.Hur, M. G.Ichihara, T.Iinuma, H.Imai, K.Imrek, J.Inaba, M.Isenhower, D.Isenhower, L.Ishihara, M.Isobe, T.Issah, M.Isupov, A.Jacak, B. V.Jia, J.Jin, J.Jinnouchi, O.Johnson, B. M.Joo, K. S.Jouan, D.Kajihara, F.Kametani, S.Kamihara, N.Kaneta, M.Kang, J. H.Kawagishi, T.Kazantsev, A. V.Kelly, S.Khanzadeev, A.Kim, D. J.Kim, E.Kim, Y. -S.Kinney, E.Kiss, Á.Kistenev, E.Kiyomichi, A.Klein-Boesing, C.Kochenda, L.Kochetkov, V.Komkov, B.Konno, M.Kotchetkov, D.Kozlov, A.Kroon, P. J.Kunde, G. J.Kurihara, N.Kurita, K.Kweon, M. J.Kwon, Y.Kyle, G. S.Lacey, R.Lajoie, J. G.Lebedev, A.Bornec, Y. LeLeckey, S.Lee, D. M.Lee, M. K.Leitch, M. J.Leite, M. A. L.Li, X. H.Lim, H.Litvinenko, A.Liu, M. X.Maguire, C. F.Makdisi, Y. I.Malakhov, A.Malik, M. D.Manko, V. I.Masui, H.Matathias, F.McCain, M. C.McGaughey, P. L.Miake, Y.Miller, T. E.Milov, A.Mioduszewski, S.Mishra, G. C.Mitchell, J. T.Morrison, D. P.Moss, J. M.Moukhanova, T. V.Mukhopadhyay, D.Murata, J.Nagamiya, S.Nagata, Y.Nagle, J. L.Naglis, M.Nakamura, T.Newby, J.Nguyen, M.Norman, B. E.Nyanin, A. S.Nystrand, J.O'Brien, E.Ogilvie, C. A.Ohnishi, H.Ojha, I. D.Okada, K.Omiwade, O. O.Oskarsson, A.Otterlund, I.Ozawa, K.Pal, D.Palounek, A. P. T.Pantuev, V.Papavassiliou, V.Park, J.Park, W. J.Pate, S. F.Pei, H.Peng, J. -C.Pereira, H.Peresedov, V.Peressounko, D. Yu.Pinkenburg, C.Pisani, R. P.Purschke, M. L.Purwar, A. K.Qu, H.Rak, J.Ravinovich, I.Read, K. F.Reuter, M.Reygers, K.Riabov, V.Riabov, Y.Roche, G.Romana, A.Rosati, M.Rosendahl, S. S. E.Rosnet, P.Rukoyatkin, P.Rykov, V. L.Ryu, S. S.Sahlmueller, B.Saito, N.Sakaguchi, T.Sakai, S.Samsonov, V.Sato, H. D.Sato, S.Sawada, S.Semenov, V.Seto, R.Sharma, D.Shea, T. K.Shein, I.Shibata, T. -A.Shigaki, K.Shimomura, M.Shohjoh, T.Shoji, K.Sickles, A.Silva, C. L.Silvermyr, D.Sim, K. S.Singh, C. P.Singh, V.Skutnik, S.Smith, W. C.Soldatov, A.Soltz, R. A.Sondheim, W. E.Sorensen, S. P.Sourikova, I. V.Staley, F.Stankus, P. W.Stenlund, E.Stepanov, M.Ster, A.Stoll, S. P.Sugitate, T.Suire, C.Sullivan, J. P.Sziklai, J.Tabaru, T.Takagi, S.Takagui, E. M.Taketani, A.Tanaka, K. H.Tanaka, Y.Tanida, K.Tannenbaum, M. J.Taranenko, A.Tarján, P.Thomas, T. L.Togawa, M.Tojo, J.Torii, H.Towell, R. S.Tram, V-N.Tserruya, I.Tsuchimoto, Y.Tuli, S. K.Tydesjö, H.Tyurin, N.Vale, C.Valle, H.van Hecke, H. W.Velkovska, J.Vértesi, R.Vinogradov, A. A.Vznuzdaev, E.Wagner, M.Wang, X. R.Watanabe, Y.Wessels, J.White, S. N.Willis, N.Winter, D.Woody, C. L.Wysocki, M.Xie, W.Yanovich, A.Yokkaichi, S.Young, G. R.Younus, I.Yushmanov, I. E.Zajc, W. A.Zaudtke, O.Zhang, C.Zimányi, J.Zolin, L.
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Nuclear Experiment
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Abstract
We report the measurement of direct photons at midrapidity in Au+Au collisions at sqrt{s_NN} = 200 GeV. The direct photon signal was extracted for the transverse-momentum range of 4 GeV/c < p_T < 22 GeV/c, using a statistical method to subtract decay photons from the inclusive-photon sample. The direct-photon nuclear-modification factor R_AA was calculated as a function of p_T for different Au+Au collision centralities using the measured p+p direct-photon spectrum and compared to theoretical predictions. R_AA was found to be consistent with unity for all centralities over the entire measured p_T range. Theoretical models that account for modifications of initial-direct-photon production due to modified-parton-distribution functions in Au and the different isospin composition of the nuclei, predict a modest change of R_AA from unity and are consistent with the data. Models with compensating effects of the quark-gluon plasma on high-energy photons, such as suppression of jet-fragmentation photons and induced-photon bremsstrahlung from partons traversing the medium, are also consistent with this measurement.
Comment: PHENIX Collaboration, 346 authors, 8 pages, 4 figures, 1 table. Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. Plain text data tables for the points plotted in figures for this and previous PHENIX publications are (or will be) publicly available at http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/papers.html