Pion, kaon, proton and anti-proton transverse momentum distributions from p + p and d + Au collisions at √SNN = 200 GeV

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Abstract

Identified mid-rapidity particle spectra of π±, K ±, and p(p̄) from 200 GeV p + p and d + Au collisions are reported. A time-of-flight detector based on multi-gap resistive plate chamber technology is used for particle identification. The particle-species dependence of the Cronin effect is observed to be significantly smaller than that at lower energies. The ratio of the nuclear modification factor (RdAu) between protons (p + p̄) and charged hadrons (h) in the transverse momentum range 1.2 < pT < 3.0 GeV/c is measured to be 1.19±0.05(stat) ±0.03(syst) in minimum-bias collisions and shows little centrality dependence. The yield ratio of (p + p̄)/h in minimum-bias d + Au collisions is found to be a factor of 2 lower than that in Au + Au collisions, indicating that the Cronin effect alone is not enough to account for the relative baryon enhancement observed in heavy ion collisions at RHIC.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8-16
Number of pages9
JournalPhysics Letters B
Volume616
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 9 2005
Externally publishedYes

Funding

The STAR Collaboration gratefully acknowledges the pioneering research and development work performed by LAA project, and especially C. Williams, under A. Zichichi on MRPC Time of Flight Technology. We thank the RHIC Operations Group and RCF at BNL, and the NERSC Center at LBNL for their support. This work was supported in part by the HENP Divisions of the Office of Science of the US DOE; the US NSF; the BMBF of Germany; IN2P3, RA, RPL, and EMN of France; EPSRC of the United Kingdom; FAPESP of Brazil; the Russian Ministry of Science and Technology; the Ministry of Education and the NNSFC of China; Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, FOM of the Netherlands, DAE, DST, and CSIR of the Government of India; Swiss NSF; the Polish State Committee for Scientific Research; and the STAA of Slovakia.

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