Transverse Momentum and Centrality Dependence of High-p{sub T} Nonphotonic Electron Suppression in Au+Au Collisions at {radical}(s{sub NN})=200 GeV

doi:10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.98.192301

Title: Transverse Momentum and Centrality Dependence of High-p{sub T} Nonphotonic Electron Suppression in Au+Au Collisions at {radical}(s{sub NN})=200 GeV

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The STAR collaboration at the BNL Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) reports measurements of the inclusive yield of nonphotonic electrons, which arise dominantly from semileptonic decays of heavy flavor mesons, over a broad range of transverse momenta (1.2<p{sub T}<10 GeV/c) in p+p, d+Au, and Au+Au collisions at {radical}(s{sub NN})=200 GeV. The nonphotonic electron yield exhibits an unexpectedly large suppression in central Au+Au collisions at high p{sub T}, suggesting substantial heavy-quark energy loss at RHIC. The centrality and p{sub T} dependences of the suppression provide constraints on theoretical models of suppression.

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Abelev, B. I.; Barannikova, O.; Betts, R. R.; Callner, J.; Garcia-Solis, E.; Hofman, D.; Hollis, R.; Iordanova, A.; Suarez, M. C. ^[1]; Aggarwal, M. M.; Bhati, A. K.; Kumar, A.; Sharma, M. ^[2]; Ahammed, Z.; Chattopadhyay, S.; Das, D.; Dutta Mazumdar, M. R.; Ganti, M. S.; Ghosh, P.; Nayak, T. K. ^[3]

University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 61801 (United States)
Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014 (India)
Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata 700064 (India) (and others)

Publication Date:: Fri May 11 00:00:00 EDT 2007

OSTI Identifier:: 20951350

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Resource Relation:: Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; Journal Volume: 98; Journal Issue: 19; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.192301; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; B QUARKS; BNL; BROOKHAVEN RHIC; C QUARKS; COLLIDING BEAMS; ELECTRONS; ENERGY LOSSES; FLAVOR MODEL; GEV RANGE 100-1000; GOLD 197 BEAMS; GOLD 197 REACTIONS; GOLD 197 TARGET; MESONS; SEMILEPTONIC DECAY; T QUARKS; TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM

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                    Abelev, B. I., Barannikova, O., Betts, R. R., Callner, J., Garcia-Solis, E., Hofman, D., Hollis, R., Iordanova, A., Suarez, M. C., Aggarwal, M. M., Bhati, A. K., Kumar, A., Sharma, M., Ahammed, Z., Chattopadhyay, S., Das, D., Dutta Mazumdar, M. R., Ganti, M. S., Ghosh, P., and Nayak, T. K.. Transverse Momentum and Centrality Dependence of High-p{sub T} Nonphotonic Electron Suppression in Au+Au Collisions at {radical}(s{sub NN})=200 GeV.  United States: N. p., 2007. 
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                    Abelev, B. I., Barannikova, O., Betts, R. R., Callner, J., Garcia-Solis, E., Hofman, D., Hollis, R., Iordanova, A., Suarez, M. C., Aggarwal, M. M., Bhati, A. K., Kumar, A., Sharma, M., Ahammed, Z., Chattopadhyay, S., Das, D., Dutta Mazumdar, M. R., Ganti, M. S., Ghosh, P., & Nayak, T. K.. Transverse Momentum and Centrality Dependence of High-p{sub T} Nonphotonic Electron Suppression in Au+Au Collisions at {radical}(s{sub NN})=200 GeV.  United States.  doi:10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.98.192301.

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                    Abelev, B. I., Barannikova, O., Betts, R. R., Callner, J., Garcia-Solis, E., Hofman, D., Hollis, R., Iordanova, A., Suarez, M. C., Aggarwal, M. M., Bhati, A. K., Kumar, A., Sharma, M., Ahammed, Z., Chattopadhyay, S., Das, D., Dutta Mazumdar, M. R., Ganti, M. S., Ghosh, P., and Nayak, T. K.. Fri .  
        "Transverse Momentum and Centrality Dependence of High-p{sub T} Nonphotonic Electron Suppression in Au+Au Collisions at {radical}(s{sub NN})=200 GeV".  United States.  
        doi:10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.98.192301.

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@article{osti_20951350,

  title        = {Transverse Momentum and Centrality Dependence of High-p{sub T} Nonphotonic Electron Suppression in Au+Au Collisions at {radical}(s{sub NN})=200 GeV},

  author       = {Abelev, B. I. and Barannikova, O. and Betts, R. R. and Callner, J. and Garcia-Solis, E. and Hofman, D. and Hollis, R. and Iordanova, A. and Suarez, M. C. and Aggarwal, M. M. and Bhati, A. K. and Kumar, A. and Sharma, M. and Ahammed, Z. and Chattopadhyay, S. and Das, D. and Dutta Mazumdar, M. R. and Ganti, M. S. and Ghosh, P. and Nayak, T. K.},

  abstractNote = {The STAR collaboration at the BNL Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) reports measurements of the inclusive yield of nonphotonic electrons, which arise dominantly from semileptonic decays of heavy flavor mesons, over a broad range of transverse momenta (1.2<p{sub T}<10 GeV/c) in p+p, d+Au, and Au+Au collisions at {radical}(s{sub NN})=200 GeV. The nonphotonic electron yield exhibits an unexpectedly large suppression in central Au+Au collisions at high p{sub T}, suggesting substantial heavy-quark energy loss at RHIC. The centrality and p{sub T} dependences of the suppression provide constraints on theoretical models of suppression.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.98.192301},

  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},

  number       = 19,

  volume       = 98,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri May 11 00:00:00 EDT 2007},

  month        = {Fri May 11 00:00:00 EDT 2007}

}

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