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Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 152301 (2006) [6 pages]

Identified Baryon and Meson Distributions at Large Transverse Momenta from Au+Au Collisions at sNN=200  GeV

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B. I. Abelev et al. STAR Collaboration
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Received 1 June 2006; published 11 October 2006

Transverse momentum spectra of π±, p, and p̅ up to 12  GeV/c at midrapidity in centrality selected Au+Au collisions at sNN=200  GeV are presented. In central Au+Au collisions, both π± and p(p̅ ) show significant suppression with respect to binary scaling at pT≳4  GeV/c. Protons and antiprotons are less suppressed than π±, in the range 1.5≲pT≲6  GeV/c. The π-/π+ and p̅ /p ratios show at most a weak pT dependence and no significant centrality dependence. The p/π ratios in central Au+Au collisions approach the values in p+p and d+Au collisions at pT≳5  GeV/c. The results at high pT indicate that the partonic sources of π±, p, and p̅ have similar energy loss when traversing the nuclear medium.

© 2006 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.152301
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.152301
PACS:
25.75.Dw, 13.85.Ni