Centrality-Dependent Modification of Jet-Production Rates in Deuteron-Gold Collisions at sNN =200 GeV

(PHENIX Collaboration)

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Abstract

Jet production rates are measured in p+p and d+Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV recorded in 2008 with the PHENIX detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Jets are reconstructed using the R=0.3 anti-kt algorithm from energy deposits in the electromagnetic calorimeter and charged tracks in multiwire proportional chambers, and the jet transverse momentum (pT) spectra are corrected for the detector response. Spectra are reported for jets with 12<pT<50 GeV/c, within a pseudorapidity acceptance of |η|<0.3. The nuclear-modification factor (RdAu) values for 0%-100% d+Au events are found to be consistent with unity, constraining the role of initial state effects on jet production. However, the centrality-selected RdAu values and central-to-peripheral ratios (RCP) show large, pT-dependent deviations from unity, challenging the conventional models that relate hard-process rates and soft-particle production in collisions involving nuclei.

Original languageEnglish
Article number122301
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume116
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 24 2016

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Science Foundation1506489, 1308299
National Science Foundation
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science15H03664, 26610071
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

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