510 research outputs found
Recent PHENIX Results on Open Heavy Flavor
Throughout the history of the RHIC physics program, questions concerning the
dynamics of heavy quarks have generated much experimental and theoretical
investigation. A major focus of the PHENIX experiment is the measurement of
these quarks through their semi-leptonic decay channels at mid and forward
rapidity. Heavy quark measurements in collisions give information on the
production of heavy flavor, without complications from medium effects. New
measurements in Au and Cu+Cu indicate surprising cold nuclear matter
effects on these quarks at midrapidity, and provide a new baseline for
interpretation of the observed suppression in Au+Au collisions. When considered
all together, these measurements present a detailed study of nuclear matter
across a wide range of system size and temperature. Here we present preliminary
PHENIX measurements of non-photonic electron spectra and their centrality
dependence in +Au and Cu+Cu, and discuss their implications on the current
understanding of parton energy loss in the nuclear medium.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, to appear in the proceedings of Quark Matter 201
Study of Cronin effect and nuclear modification of strange particles in d-Au and Au-Au collisions at 200 GeV in PHENIX
Effects of strangeness on nuclear modification in d-Au and Au-Au collisions
at 200 GeV are studied, in order to quantify the effects of quark content and
mass. Measurements of ratios of the yields in central collisions to the yields
in peripheral collisions are performed for lambda baryon and phi meson. Found
results show little dependence of particle suppression or enhancement on mass
and strange content, but rather prominent difference in nuclear modification
between mesons and baryons.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, proceedings of the Seventeenth International
Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (Quark Matter
2004
Hadron Production at Intermediate at RHIC
Large proton and antiproton enhancement with respect to pions has been
observed at intermediate transverse momentum 2-5 GeV/ in Au+Au
collisions at RHIC. To investigate the possible source of this anomaly, the
production of mesons and two particle angular correlations triggered by
mid- baryons or mesons are studied. We also present the first measurement
of proton and antiproton production at GeV in Au+Au
collisions, which aims to study the energy dependence of the observed baryon
enhancement.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures, proceedings of Hot Quarks 2004 workshop, Taos
Valley, New Mexico, 18-24 Jul 2004,, to be published in J. Phys.
Fluctuation Results from PHENIX
The PHENIX Experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider has made
measurements of event-by-event fluctuations in the net charge, the mean
transverse momentum, and the charged particle multiplicity as a function of
collision energy, centrality, and transverse momentum in heavy ion collisions.
The results of these measurements will be reviewed and discussed.Comment: Proceedings for the Workshop on Correlations and Fluctuations in
Relativistic Nuclear Collisions, April 21-23, 2005; 10 pages, 17 figure
Traces of Thermalization at RHIC
I argue that measurements of Au+Au collisions at 20, 130 and 200 GeV of the
centrality dependence of the mean p_t together with p_t and net-charge
fluctuations reflect the approach to local thermal equilibrium.Comment: 4 pages, 4 eps figures, for proc. Quark Matter 2004, to be published
in J. Phys.
Visible infrared spin-scan radiometer
The visible infrared spin-scal radiometer (VISSR) may be considered as a camera system capable of simultaneously providing both visible and infrared earth and cloud cover pictures every 20 minutes from the geostationary synchronous meteorological satellite (SMS). With a 0.9-kilometer resolution in the visible spectrum and a 9-kilometer resolution in the IR spectrum, the VISSR/SMS SYSTEM makes its possible to study atmospheric dynamics through 24-hour continuous observation of cloud altitudes, patterns, motion, and temperature distributions
PHENIX Measurement of High- Hadron-hadron and Photon-hadron Azimuthal Correlations
High- hadron-hadron correlations have been measured with the PHENIX
experiment in \Cu and \pp collisions at GeV. A
comparison of the jet widths and yields between the two colliding systems
allows us to study the medium effect on jets. We also present a first
measurement of direct photon-hadron correlations in \Au and \pp collisions.
We find that the near-side yields are consistent with zero in both systems. By
comparing the jet yields on the away side, we observe a suggestion of the
expected suppression of hadrons associated with photons in \Au collisions.Comment: 5 pages, proceeding for parallel talk on Quark Matter 200
Correlations of Electrons from Heavy Flavor Decay with Hadrons in Au+Au and p+p Collisions
Measurements of electrons from the decay of open-heavy flavor mesons have
shown that the yields are suppressed in Au+Au collisions compared to
expectations from binary-scaled p+p collisions. These measurements indicate
that charm and bottom quarks interact with the hot-dense matter produced in
heavy-ion collisions much more than expected. Here we extend these studies to
two-particle correlations where one particle is an electron from the decay of a
heavy-flavor meson and the other is a charged hadron from either the decay of
the heavy meson or from jet fragmentation. These measurements provide more
detailed information about the interactions between heavy quarks and the
matter, such as whether the modifcation of the away-side-jet shape seen in
hadron-hadron correlations is present when the trigger particle is from
heavy-meson decay and whether the overall level of away-side-jet suppression is
consistent. We statistically subtract correlations of electrons arising from
background sources from the inclusive electron-hadron correlations and obtain
two-particle azimuthal correlations at =200 GeV between
electrons from heavy-flavor decay with charged hadrons in p+p and also first
results in Au+Au collisions. We find the away-side-jet shape and yield to be
modified in Au+Au collisions compared to p+p collisions.Comment: talk given at Winter Workshop in Nuclear Dynamics 201
production and Cronin effect from p+p, d+Au and Au+Au collisions at GeV from the PHENIX experiment
We present results on identified particle production in p+p, d+Au and Au+Au
collisions at GeV at mid-rapidity measured by the PHENIX
experiment. The centrality and flavor dependence of the Cronin effect in d+Au
collisions is measured. The Cronin effect for the protons in d+Au is larger
than that for the pions, but not large enough to account for the ``anomalous''
proton to pion ratio in central Au+Au collisions.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, contribution to the proceedings of the 17th
International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions
(Quark Matter 2004
An assessment of J/Psi formation in the light of initial RHIC data
Predictions of J/Psi formation at RHIC via "off-diagonal" combinations of
charm and anticharm quarks in a region of color deconfinement are confronted
with initial data from the PHENIX collaboration. We find that the measured
centrality behavior places significant constraints on the various parameters
which control model calculations of J/Psi formation. Within present statistical
and systematic uncertainties, one can map out a region of parameter space
within which the contribution of formation in a deconfined phase is allowed. As
these uncertainties decrease and new data from d-Au interactions becomes
available, it is expected that definitive tests for the presence of this
formation mechanism will be possible. We anticipate that the rapidity and
transverse momentum spectra will prove decisive for a final determination.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, presented at SQM2003, March 12-17, 2003. To be
published in J. Phys.
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