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Identified charged particle spectra and yields in Au plus Au collisions at root(SNN)=200 GeV
Physical Review C
  • S. S. Adler, Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • Sergey Belikov, Iowa State University
  • S. Bhagavatula, Iowa State University
  • Paul Constantin, Iowa State University
  • Nathan C. Grau, Iowa State University
  • John C. Hill, Iowa State University
  • John G. Lajoie, Iowa State University
  • Alexandre Lebedev, Iowa State University
  • Craig Ogilvie, Iowa State University
  • Jan Rak, Iowa State University
  • Marzia Rosati, Iowa State University
  • F. K. Wohn, Iowa State University
  • et al.
  • PHENIX Collaboration, PHENIX Collaboration
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
3-1-2004
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevC.69.034909
Abstract
The centrality dependence of transverse momentum distributions and yields for pi(+/-),K+/-,p, and (p) over bar in Au+Au collisions at roots(NN)=200 GeV at midrapidity are measured by the PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. We observe a clear particle mass dependence of the shapes of transverse momentum spectra in central collisions below similar to2 GeV/c in p(T). Both mean transverse momenta and particle yields per participant pair increase from peripheral to midcentral and saturate at the most central collisions for all particle species. We also measure particle ratios of pi(-)/pi(+), K-/K+, (p) over bar /p, K/pi, p/pi, and (p) over bar/pi as a function of p(T) and collision centrality. The ratios of equal mass particle yields are independent of p(T) and centrality within the experimental uncertainties. In central collisions at intermediate transverse momenta similar to1.5-4.5 GeV/c, proton and antiproton yields constitute a significant fraction of the charged hadron production and show a scaling behavior different from that of pions.
Comments

This article is published as Adler, Stephen Scott, S. Afanasiev, C. Aidala, N. N. Ajitanand, Y. Akiba, J. Alexander, R. Amirikas et al. "Identified charged particle spectra and yields in Au+ Au collisions at s N N= 200 GeV." Physical Review C 69, no. 3 (2004): 034909. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.69.034909. Posted with permission.

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American Physical Society
Language
en
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Citation Information
S. S. Adler, Sergey Belikov, S. Bhagavatula, Paul Constantin, et al.. "Identified charged particle spectra and yields in Au plus Au collisions at root(SNN)=200 GeV" Physical Review C Vol. 69 Iss. 3 (2004) p. 034909
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/craig-ogilvie/165/