Evidence for Hot, Bulk QCD Matter and Quenching of Jets at RHIC

Journal Article · Tue Mar 22 04:00:00 EST 2005 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1896694· OSTI ID:20630719

Harris, John W ^[1]

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1. Physics Department, Yale University, P.O. Box 208124, 272 Whitney Avenue, New Haven CT, 06520-8124 (United States)

Results from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) depict formation of a hot, dense system at an energy density greater than 5 GeV/fm3, well above that where hadrons exist. The measured relative particle abundances are reproduced by statistical-thermal models with a temperature and baryo-chemical potential at the quark-hadron phase boundary predicted by lattice QCD. A large amount of collective flow is observed in collisions at RHIC and provides evidence of strong pressure gradients very early in the collision, at a time when the system is dense and highly interacting. Hard-scattering, suppression of large transverse momentum hadrons, and quenching of di-jets are observed in central Au + Au collisions but not in d + Au collisions, providing evidence for extreme energy loss of partons attempting to propagate through the hot, dense matter at RHIC.

• OSTI ID: 20630719
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 753; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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GOLD 197 REACTIONS
GOLD 197 TARGET
HADRONS
JET MODEL
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POTENTIALS
PRESSURE GRADIENTS
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
QUARK-HADRON INTERACTIONS
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