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Production of omega mesons in p+p, d+Au, Cu+Cu, and Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV
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Adare, A.Afanasiev, S.Aidala, C.Ajitanand, N. N.Akiba, Y.Al-Bataineh, H.Al-Jamel, A.Alexander, J.Angerami, A.Aoki, K.Apadula, N.Aphecetche, L.Aramaki, Y.Armendariz, R.Aronson, S. H.Asai, J.Atomssa, E. T.Averbeck, R.Awes, T. C.Azmoun, B.Babintsev, V.Bai, M.Baksay, G.Baksay, L.Baldisseri, A.Barish, K. N.Barnes, P. D.Bassalleck, B.Basye, A. T.Bathe, S.Batsouli, S.Baublis, V.Bauer, F.Baumann, C.Bazilevsky, A.Belikov, S.Belmont, R.Bennett, R.Berdnikov, A.Berdnikov, Y.Bhom, J. H.Bickley, A. A.Bjorndal, M. T.Blau, D. S.Boissevain, J. G.Bok, J. S.Borel, H.Boyle, K.Brooks, M. L.Brown, D. S.Bucher, D.Buesching, H.Bumazhnov, V.Bunce, G.Burward-Hoy, J. M.Butsyk, S.Camacho, C. M.Campbell, S.Caringi, A.Chai, J. -S.Chang, B. S.Charvet, J. -L.Chen, C. -H.Chernichenko, S.Chi, C. Y.Chiba, J.Chiu, M.Choi, I. J.Choi, J. B.Choudhury, R. K.Christiansen, P.Chujo, T.Chung, P.Churyn, A.Chvala, O.Cianciolo, V.Citron, Z.Cleven, C. R.Cobigo, Y.Cole, B. A.Comets, M. P.del Valle, Z. ConesaConnors, M.Constantin, P.Csanád, M.Csörgő, T.Dahms, T.Dairaku, S.Danchev, I.Das, K.Datta, A.David, G.Dayananda, M. K.Deaton, M. B.Dehmelt, K.Delagrange, H.Denisov, A.d'Enterria, D.Deshpande, A.Desmond, E. J.Dharmawardane, K. V.Dietzsch, O.Dion, A.Donadelli, M.Drachenberg, J. L.Drapier, O.Drees, A.Drees, K. A.Dubey, A. K.Durham, J. M.Durum, A.Dutta, D.Dzhordzhadze, V.D'Orazio, L.Edwards, S.Efremenko, Y. V.Egdemir, J.Ellinghaus, F.Emam, W. S.Engelmore, T.Enokizono, A.En'yo, H.Espagnon, B.Esumi, S.Eyser, K. O.Fadem, B.Fields, D. E.Finger, M.Finger Jr, M.Fleuret, F.Fokin, S. L.Forestier, B.Fraenkel, Z.Frantz, J. E.Franz, A.Frawley, A. D.Fujiwara, K.Fukao, Y.Fung, S. -Y.Fusayasu, T.Gadrat, S.Garishvili, I.Gastineau, F.Germain, M.Glenn, A.Gong, H.Gonin, M.Gosset, J.Goto, Y.de Cassagnac, R. GranierGrau, N.Greene, S. V.Grim, G.Perdekamp, M. GrosseGunji, T.Gustafsson, H. -Å.Hachiya, T.Henni, A. HadjHaegemann, C.Haggerty, J. S.Hagiwara, M. N.Hahn, K. I.Hamagaki, H.Hamblen, J.Han, R.Hanks, J.Harada, H.Hartouni, E. P.Haruna, K.Harvey, M.Haslum, E.Hasuko, K.Hayano, R.He, X.Heffner, M.Hemmick, T. K.Hester, T.Heuser, J. M.Hiejima, H.Hill, J. C.Hobbs, R.Hohlmann, M.Holmes, M.Holzmann, W.Homma, K.Hong, B.Horaguchi, T.Hornback, D.Huang, S.Hur, M. G.Ichihara, T.Ichimiya, R.Ide, J.Iinuma, H.Ikeda, Y.Imai, K.Inaba, M.Inoue, Y.Isenhower, D.Isenhower, L.Ishihara, M.Isobe, T.Issah, M.Isupov, A.Ivanischev, D.Iwanaga, Y.Jacak, B. V.Jia, J.Jiang, X.Jin, J.Jinnouchi, O.Johnson, B. M.Jones, T.Joo, K. S.Jouan, D.Jumper, D. S.Kajihara, F.Kametani, S.Kamihara, N.Kamin, J.Kaneta, M.Kang, J. H.Kanou, H.Kapustinsky, J.Karatsu, K.Kasai, M.Kawagishi, T.Kawall, D.Kawashima, M.Kazantsev, A. V.Kelly, S.Kempel, T.Khanzadeev, A.Kijima, K. M.Kikuchi, J.Kim, A.Kim, B. I.Kim, D. H.Kim, D. J.Kim, E.Kim, E. J.Kim, S. H.Kim, Y. -J.Kim, Y. -S.Kim, Y. J.Kinney, E.Kiriluk, K.Kiss, Á.Kistenev, E.Kiyomichi, A.Klay, J.Klein-Boesing, C.Kochenda, L.Kochetkov, V.Komkov, B.Konno, M.Koster, J.Kotchetkov, D.Kozlov, A.Král, A.Kravitz, A.Kroon, P. J.Kubart, J.Kunde, G. J.Kurihara, N.Kurita, K.Kurosawa, M.Kweon, M. J.Kwon, Y.Kyle, G. S.Lacey, R.Lai, Y. S.Lajoie, J. G.Lebedev, A.Bornec, Y. LeLeckey, S.Lee, D. M.Lee, J.Lee, K.Lee, K. B.Lee, K. S.Lee, M. K.Lee, T.Leitch, M. J.Leite, M. A. L.Leitner, E.Lenzi, B.Li, X.Li, X. H.Lichtenwalner, P.Liebing, P.Lim, H.Levy, L. A. LindenLiška, T.Litvinenko, A.Liu, H.Liu, M. X.Love, B.Luechtenborg, R.Lynch, D.Maguire, C. F.Makdisi, Y. I.Malakhov, A.Malik, M. D.Manko, V. I.Mannel, E.Mao, Y.Mašek, L.Masui, H.Matathias, F.McCain, M. C.McCumber, M.McGaughey, P. L.Means, N.Meredith, B.Miake, Y.Mibe, T.Mignerey, A. C.Mikeš, P.Miki, K.Miller, T. E.Milov, A.Mioduszewski, S.Mishra, G. C.Mishra, M.Mitchell, J. T.Mitrovski, M.Mohanty, A. K.Moon, H. J.Morino, Y.Morreale, A.Morrison, D. P.Moss, J. M.Moukhanova, T. V.Mukhopadhyay, D.Murakami, T.Murata, J.Nagamiya, S.Nagata, Y.Nagle, J. L.Naglis, M.Nagy, M. I.Nakagawa, I.Nakamiya, Y.Nakamura, K. R.Nakamura, T.Nakano, K.Nam, S.Newby, J.Nguyen, M.Nihashi, M.Norman, B. E.Nouicer, R.Nyanin, A. S.Nystrand, J.Oakley, C.O'Brien, E.Oda, S. X.Ogilvie, C. A.Ohnishi, H.Ojha, I. D.Oka, M.Okada, K.Omiwade, O. O.Onuki, Y.Oskarsson, A.Otterlund, I.Ouchida, M.Ozawa, K.Pak, R.Pal, D.Palounek, A. P. T.Pantuev, V.Papavassiliou, V.Park, I. H.Park, J.Park, S. K.Park, W. J.Pate, S. F.Pei, H.Peng, J. -C.Pereira, H.Peresedov, V.Peressounko, D. Yu.Petti, R.Pinkenburg, C.Pisani, R. P.Proissl, M.Purschke, M. L.Purwar, A. K.Qu, H.Rak, J.Rakotozafindrabe, A.Ravinovich, I.Read, K. F.Rembeczki, S.Reuter, M.Reygers, K.Riabov, V.Riabov, Y.Richardson, E.Roach, D.Roche, G.Rolnick, S. D.Romana, A.Rosati, M.Rosen, C. A.Rosendahl, S. S. E.Rosnet, P.Rukoyatkin, P.Ružička, P.Rykov, V. L.Ryu, S. S.Sahlmueller, B.Saito, N.Sakaguchi, T.Sakai, S.Sakashita, K.Sakata, H.Samsonov, V.Sano, S.Sato, H. D.Sato, S.Sato, T.Sawada, S.Sedgwick, K.Seele, J.Seidl, R.Semenov, A. Yu.Semenov, V.Seto, R.Sharma, D.Shea, T. K.Shein, I.Shevel, A.Shibata, T. -A.Shigaki, K.Shimomura, M.Shohjoh, T.Shoji, K.Shukla, P.Sickles, A.Silva, C. L.Silvermyr, D.Silvestre, C.Sim, K. S.Singh, B. K.Singh, C. P.Singh, V.Skutnik, S.Slunečka, M.Smith, W. C.Soldatov, A.Soltz, R. A.Sondheim, W. E.Sorensen, S. P.Sourikova, I. V.Sparks, N. A.Staley, F.Stankus, P. W.Stenlund, E.Stepanov, M.Ster, A.Stoll, S. P.Sugitate, T.Suire, C.Sukhanov, A.Sullivan, J. P.Sziklai, J.Tabaru, T.Takagi, S.Takagui, E. M.Taketani, A.Tanabe, R.Tanaka, K. H.Tanaka, Y.Taneja, S.Tanida, K.Tannenbaum, M. J.Tarafdar, S.Taranenko, A.Tarján, P.Themann, H.Thomas, D.Thomas, T. L.Togawa, M.Toia, A.Tojo, J.Tomášek, L.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.Vazquez-Zambrano, E.Veicht, A.Velkovska, J.Vértesi, R.Vinogradov, A. A.Virius, M.Vrba, V.Vznuzdaev, E.Wagner, M.Walker, D.Wang, X. R.Watanabe, D.Watanabe, K.Watanabe, Y.Wei, F.Wei, R.Wessels, J.White, S. N.Willis, N.Winter, D.Wood, J. P.Woody, C. L.Wright, R. M.Wysocki, M.Xie, W.Yamaguchi, Y. L.Yamaura, K.Yang, R.Yanovich, A.Yasin, Z.Ying, J.Yokkaichi, S.You, Z.Young, G. R.Younus, I.Yushmanov, I. E.Zajc, W. A.Zaudtke, O.Zhang, C.Zhou, S.Zimányi, J.Zolin, L.
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Nuclear Experiment
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Abstract
The PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) has measured omega meson production via leptonic and hadronic decay channels in p+p, d+Au, Cu+Cu, and Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV. The invariant transverse momentum spectra measured in different decay modes give consistent results. Measurements in the hadronic decay channel in Cu+Cu and Au+Au collisions show that omega production has a suppression pattern at high transverse momentum, similar to that of pi^0 and eta in central collisions, but no suppression is observed in peripheral collisions. The nuclear modification factors, R_AA, are consistent in Cu+Cu and Au+Au collisions at similar numbers of participant nucleons.
Comment: 542 authors, pages, 11 figures, 3 tables. Submitted to Phys. Rev. C. 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