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Cold Nuclear Matter Effects and Heavy Quark Production in PHENIX
The PHENIX experiment uses semileptonic decay channels to measure open and
closed heavy flavor cross sections across the rapidity range .
High luminosity data are now available for p+p, d+Au, Cu+Cu and Au+Au
collisions at =200 GeV, and for Au+Au collisions at
= 62 GeV. We discuss recent d+Au results for open heavy flavor
and production, and discuss their implications for the cold nuclear
matter contributions to heavy flavor production in heavy ion collisions.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figures. Proceedings for talk at Hard Probes 201
Dilepton radiation measured in PHENIX probing the strongly interacting matter created at RHIC
PHENIX has measured pairs from p+p and Au+Au collisions as function
of mass and . The data can be used to probe the properties of dense matter
formed in Au+Au collision. The relation between electron pairs and virtual
photons is discussed.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, To appear in the conference proceedings for Quark
Matter 2009, March 30 - April 4, Knoxville, Tennesse
Open Heavy Flavor Production in Heavy Ion Collisions
The interaction of heavy partons, charm and beauty, with the matter created
in heavy ion collisions has been of great interest in recent years. Heavy
partons were predicted to interact less strongly with the matter than light
partons. In apparent contrast to these predictions, unexpectedly strong
suppression of non-photonic electrons from heavy flavor decays has been seen.
However, significant experimental uncertainties remain, both in the
measurements themselves and in the separation of the contribution from charm
and beauty, which have complicated the interpretation of these results. The
current experimental situation is critically reviewed and prospects for making
these measurements more easily interpretable discussed.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures - To appear in the conference proceedings for
Quark Matter 2009, March 30 - April 4, Knoxville, Tennessee v2: typos
correcte
Highlights from PHENIX II: Exploring the QCD medium
Much of the present experimental effort at RHIC is now directed towards
understanding the properties of the hot and dense colored medium created in A+A
collisions. Recent results from PHENIX on the dynamical evolution of the medium
and its response to high momentum probes are presented, and their impact on our
overall understanding of heavy-ion collisions is discussed.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures - To appear in the conference proceedings for
Quark Matter 2009, March 30 - April 4, Knoxville, Tennessee. Revised versio
Direct Photon Measurements at PHENIX
PHENIX has measured direct photons in p+p and Au+Au collisions at
sqrt{s_{NN}}=200 GeV. The p+p measurement is in good agreement with pQCD
expectations. The nuclear modification factor in Au+Au is found to be
consistent with unity for all centralities, and is compared to theoretical
models. The data are found in agreement with models that take into account
initial state modifications, as well as with those that account also for final
state modifications.Comment: 2 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the proceedings of Hard Probes 201
High Parton Energy Loss from Jet Pair Correlation Observables in the PHENIX Experiment
By tuning several experimental observables, such as momentum and reaction
plane, the PHENIX experiment has performed a systematic study of high
parton energy loss in hot nuclear matter, as well as jet induced medium
modifications, such as the ridge and shoulder. Baseline d+Au measurements are
also studied to provide the comparison as control of cold nuclear matter
effect.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figures. To appear in the conference proceedings for Quark
Matter 2009, March 30 - April 4, Knoxville, Tennessee, with minor correctio
Jet-Medium Interactions with Identified Particles
Identified particles have long been of great interest at RHIC in large part
because of the baryon/meson differences observed at intermediate and the
implications for hadronization via quark coalescence. With recent high
statistics data identified particles are also now central to understanding the
details of the jet-medium interactions and energy loss and hadron formation at
intermediate and high . In particular, high identified particle
spectra along with two-particle correlations triggered with direct photons,
neutral pions or electrons from heavy flavor decay with hadrons can provide
information about how medium modifications to jet fragmentation depend on
parton type. I will review recent results with identified particles both in
heavy ion systems and the reference measurements in p+p collisions.Comment: Proceedings for Quark Matter 2009, Knoxville T
Weakness or Strength in the Golden Years of RHIC and LHC?
Recent LHC data suggest that perturbative QCD provides a qualitatively
consistent picture of jet quenching. Constrained to RHIC pi0 suppression, zero
parameter WHDG energy loss predictions agree quantitatively with the charged
hadron v2 and D meson RAA measured at LHC and qualitatively with the charged
hadron RAA. On the other hand, RHIC-constrained LHC predictions from fully
strongly-coupled AdS/CFT qualitatively oversuppress D mesons compared to data;
light meson predictions are on less firm theoretical ground but also suggest
oversuppression. More detailed data from heavy, especially B, mesons will
continue to help clarify our picture of the physics of the quark-gluon plasma.
Since the approach of pQCD predictions to LHC data occurs at momenta >~ 15
GeV/c, a robust consistency check between pQCD and both RHIC and LHC data
requires RHIC jet measurements.Comment: 4 pages. 3 figures. Proceedings for Hard Probes 2012. Minor
grammatical and reference changes from v
Jet Correlations with Identified Particles from PHENIX: Methods and Results
Azimuthal angle two particle correlations have been shown to be a powerful
probe for extracting novel features of the interaction between hard scattered
partons and the medium produced in Au+Au collisions at RHIC. At intermediate
, 2-5GeV/c, the jets have been shown to be significantly modified in both
their particle composition and their angular distribution compared to p+p
collisions. Additionally, angular two particle correlations with identified
hadrons provide information on the possible role of modified hadronization
scenarios such as partonic recombination, which might allow medium modified jet
fragmentation by connecting hard scattered partons to low thermal
partons.
PHENIX has excellent particle identification capabilities and has developed
robust techniques for extracting jet correlations from the large underlying
event. We present recent PHENIX results from Au+Au collisions for a variety of
and particle type combinations. We also present p+p measurements as a
baseline. We show evidence that protons and anti-protons in the region of
enhanced baryon and anti-baryon single particle production are produced in
close angle pairs of opposite charge and that the strong modifications to the
away side shape observed for charged hadron correlations are also present when
baryons are correlated.Comment: talk given at XIth International Workshop on Correlations and
Fluctuations in Multiparticle Production, Hangzhou China November 21-24 200
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
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