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Title: Monte Carlo models: Quo vadimus?

Conference ·
OSTI ID:791193

Coherence, multiple scattering and the interplay between soft and hard processes are discussed. These physics phenomena are essential for understanding the nuclear dependences of rapidity density and p{sub T} spectra in high-energy heavy-ion collisions. The RHIC data have shown the onset of hard processes and indications of high p{sub T} spectra suppression due to parton energy loss. Within the pQCD parton model, the combination of azimuthal anisotropy ({nu}{sub 2}) and hadron spectra suppression at large p{sub T} can help one to determine the initial gluon density in heavy-ion collisions at RHIC.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Director, Office of Science. Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics. Division of Nuclear Physics (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
791193
Report Number(s):
LBNL-47701; R&D Project: NTCOST; TRN: US0200603
Resource Relation:
Conference: 15th International Conference on Ultrarelativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions quark matter 2001, Stony Brook, NY (US), 01/15/2001--01/20/2001; Other Information: PBD: 1 Jan 2001
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English