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Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 082301 (2008) [6 pages]

Particle-Species Dependent Modification of Jet-Induced Correlations in Au+Au Collisions at sNN=200  GeV

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S. Afanasiev et al. PHENIX Collaboration
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Received 18 December 2007; published 20 August 2008

Measurements in Au+Au collisions at sNN=200  GeV of jet correlations for a trigger hadron at intermediate transverse momentum (pT,trig) with associated mesons or baryons at lower pT,assoc indicate strong modification of the away-side jet. The ratio of jet-associated baryons to mesons increases with centrality and pT,assoc. For the most central collisions, the ratio is similar to that for inclusive measurements. This trend is incompatible with in-vacuum fragmentation but could be due to jetlike contributions from correlated soft partons, which recombine upon hadronization.

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URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.082301
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.082301
PACS:
25.75.Ld, 25.75.Gz