Beam Energy Dependence of Jet-Quenching Effects in Au plus Au Collisions at root s(NN)=7.7, 11.5, 14.5, 19.6, 27, 39, and 62.4 GeV

0492090 - ÚJF 2019 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Adamczyk, L. - Adams, J. R. - Adkins, J. K. - Agakishiev, G. - Aggarwal, M. M. - Bielčík, J. - Bielčíková, Jana - Chaloupka, P. - Federič, Pavol - Federičová, P. - Harlenderová, A. - Kocmánek, Martin - Kvapil, J. - Lidrych, J. - Rusňák, Jan - Rusňáková, O. - Šaur, Miroslav - Šimko, Miroslav - Šumbera, Michal - Trzeciak, B. A. … Total 349 authors
Beam Energy Dependence of Jet-Quenching Effects in Au plus Au Collisions at root s(NN)=7.7, 11.5, 14.5, 19.6, 27, 39, and 62.4 GeV.
Physical Review Letters. Roč. 121, č. 3 (2018), č. článku 032301. ISSN 0031-9007. E-ISSN 1079-7114
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT EF16_013/0001569
Institutional support: RVO:61389005
Keywords : STAR * collisions * high p(T)
OECD category: Nuclear physics
Impact factor: 9.227, year: 2018

We report measurements of the nuclear modification factor R-CP for charged hadrons as well as identified pi (+(-)) K+(-), and p((p) over bar) for Au + Au collision energies of root s(NN) = 7.7, 11.5, 14.5, 19.6, 27, 39, and 62.4 GeV. We observe a clear high-p(T) net suppression in central collisions at 62.4 GeV for charged hadrons which evolves smoothly to a large net enhancement at lower energies. This trend is driven by the evolution of the pion spectra but is also very similar for the kaon spectra. While the magnitude of the proton R-CP at high p(T) does depend on the collision energy, neither the proton nor the antiproton R-CP at high p(T) exhibit net suppression at any energy. A study of how the binary collision-scaled high-p(T) yield evolves with centrality reveals a nonmonotonic shape that is consistent with the idea that jet quenching is increasing faster than the combined phenomena that lead to enhancement.
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