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Characteristics of Parton Energy Loss Studied with High-p_T Particle Spectra from PHENIX
In the first three years of the physics program at the Relativistic Heavy Ion
Collider (RHIC) a picture was established in which the suppression of hadrons
at high transverse momenta (p_T) in central Au+Au collisions is explained by
energy loss of quark and gluon jets in a medium of high color-charge density.
Measurements of single particle spectra for a smaller nucleus (Cu), for
different center-of-mass energies and with higher statistics were performed in
the subsequent years and are used to test predictions and assumptions of jet
quenching models in more detail. The measurements presented here are consistent
with a parton energy loss scenario so that these models can be used to relate
the observed suppression to properties of the created medium.Comment: To appear in the proceedings of 20th International Conference on
Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions: Quark Matter 2008 (QM2008),
Jaipur, India, 04-10 Feb 200
In-medium hadronization in the deconfined matter at RHIC and LHC
We study the mechanism and probability of in-medium hadronization in the
deconfined medium produced in heavy-ion collisions at RHIC and LHC. We show the
likelihood of color-neutral objects to be formed inside the partonic fireball
and the probability of these states to escape the medium with reduced
interaction strength and energy loss. We will suggest specific measurements
that are sensitive to the early degrees of freedom and show predictions for
these measurements at RHIC and the LHCComment: 8 pages, 6 figures, submitted to PL
Highlights from PHENIX - II
This contribution highlights recent results from the PHENIX Collaboration at
RHIC with emphasis on those obtained through lepton and photon measurements in
PHENIX.Comment: 9 pages, 13 figures, presented at the 20th International Conference
on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions - "Quark Matter 2008",
Jaipur, India, February 4-10, 200
Jet quenching and direct photon production
Jet quenching effect has been investigated in the direct photon production,
based on a realistic data-constrained (3+1) dimensional hydrodynamic
description of the expanding hot and dense matter, a reasonable treatment of
the propagation of partons and their energy loss in the fluid, and a systematic
study of the main sources of direct photons. Our resultant \pt spectra agree
with recent PHENIX data in a broad \pt range. Parton energy loss in the
plasma eventually effect significantly direct photon production from
fragmentation and jet photon conversion, similar to hadron suppression in
central heavy ion collisions. But this only causes about 40% decrease in the
total production of direct photons, due to the mixture with other direct photon
sources.Comment: 6 pages and 3 figures, To appear in the proceedings of the
International Conference on Strangeness in Quark matter (SQM2008), Beijing,
China, Oct 6-10, 200
Quarkonia Measurements with STAR
We report results on quarkonium production from the STAR experiment at the
Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC). J/psi spectra in p+p and Cu+Cu
collisions at sqrt(s) = 200 GeV with transverse momenta in the range of 0.5-14
GeV/c and 5-8 GeV/c, respectively, are presented. We find that for p_T > 5
GeV/c yields in p+p collisions are consistent with those in minimum-bias Cu+Cu
collisions scaled with the respective number of binary nucleon-nucleon
collisions. In this range the nuclear modification factor, R_AA, is measured to
be 0.9+-0.2(stat). For the first time at RHIC, high-p_T J/psi-hadron
correlations were studied in p+p collisions. Implications from our measurements
on J/psi production mechanisms, constraints on open bottom yields, and J/psi
dissociation mechanisms at high-p_T are discussed. In addition, we give a brief
status of measurements of Upsilon production in p+p and Au+Au collisions and
present projections of future quarkonia measurements based on an upgrades to
the STAR detector and increased luminosity achieved through stochastic cooling
of RHIC.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures. Prepared for 3rd International Conference on Hard
and Electromagnetic Probes of High-Energy Nuclear Collisions (Hard Probes
2008), A Toxa, Spain, June 8-14, 200
Global Analysis of Fragmentation Functions for Eta Mesons
Fragmentation functions for eta mesons are extracted at next-to-leading order
accuracy of QCD in a global analysis of data taken in electron-positron
annihilation and proton-proton scattering experiments. The obtained
parametrization is in good agreement with all data sets analyzed and can be
utilized, for instance, in future studies of double-spin asymmetries for
single-inclusive eta production. The Lagrange multiplier technique is used to
estimate the uncertainties of the fragmentation functions and to assess the
role of the different data sets in constraining them.Comment: 11 pages, 8 figures, updated reference
Multi-strange baryon elliptic flow in Pb-Pb collisions at \sqrt{s_{NN}} = 2.76 TeV measured with the ALICE detector
We present the results on elliptic flow with multi-strange baryons produced
in Pb-Pb collisions at \sqrt{s_{NN}} = 2.76 TeV. The analysis is performed with
the ALICE detector at LHC. Multi-strange baryons are reconstructed via their
decay topologies and the v_2 values are analyzed with the two-particle scalar
product method. The p_T differential v_2 values are compared to the VISH2+1
model calculation and to the STAR measurements at 200 GeV in Au+Au collisions.
We found that the model describes \Xi and \Omega v_2 measurements within
experimental uncertainties. The differential flow of \Xi and \Omega is similar
to the STAR measurements at 200 GeV in Au+Au collisions.Comment: Prepared for the Proceedings of the International Conference on
"Critical Point and Onset of Deconfinement - CPOD 2011", Wuhan, November
7-11, 201
J/psi production at RHIC-PHENIX
The J/psi is considered to be among the most important probes for the
deconfined quark gluon plasma (QGP) created by relativistic heavy ion
collisions. While the J/psi is thought to dissociate in the QGP by Debye color
screening, there are competing effects from cold nuclear matter (CNM),
feed-downs from excited charmonia (chi_c and psi') and bottom quarks, and
regeneration from uncorrelated charm quarks. Measurements that can provide
information to disentangle these effects are presented in this paper.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, conference proceedings: the 20th International
Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions, Quark Matter
2008, Jaipur (India), 4-10 February 2008, submitted to J. Phys. G: Nuclear
and Particle Physic
Development of relativistic shock waves in viscous gluon matter
To investigate the formation and the propagation of relativistic shock waves
in viscous gluon matter we solve the relativistic Riemann problem using a
microscopic parton cascade. We demonstrate the transition from ideal to viscous
shock waves by varying the shear viscosity to entropy density ratio .
We show that an ratio larger than 0.2 prevents the development of
well-defined shock waves on time scales typical for ultrarelativistic heavy-ion
collisions. These findings are confirmed by viscous hydrodynamic calculations.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures - To appear in the conference proceedings for
Quark Matter 2009, March 30 - April 4, Knoxville, Tennesse
Centrality dependence of v2 in Au + Au at sqrt{s_NN} = 200 GeV
One of the most striking results is the large elliptic flow () at RHIC.
Detailed mass and transverse momentum dependence of elliptic flow are well
described by ideal hydrodynamic calculations for 1 GeV/c,
and by parton coalescence/recombination picture for
GeV/c. The systematic error on is dominated by so-called "non-flow
effects", which is the correlation not originated from reaction plane. It is
crucial to understand and reduce the systematic error from non-flow effects in
order to understand the underlying collision dynamics. In this paper, we
present the centrality dependence of with respect to the first harmonic
event plane at ZDC-SMD (\{ZDC-SMD\}) in Au + Au collisions at
= 200 GeV. Large rapidity gap () between
midrapidity and the ZDC could enable us to minimize possible non-flow
contributions. We compare the results of \{ZDC-SMD\} with \{BBC\},
which is measured by event plane determined at . Possible
non-flow contributions in those results will be discussed.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, conference proceedings for Hot Quarks 200
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