Rapidity and species dependence of particle production at large transverse momentum for d+Au collisions at {radical}(s{sub NN})=200 GeV
Journal Article
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· Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 (United States)
- University of Birmingham, Birmingham (United Kingdom)
We determine rapidity asymmetry in the production of charged pions, protons, and antiprotons for large transverse momentum (p{sub T}) for d+Au collisions at {radical}(s{sub NN})=200 GeV. The rapidity asymmetry is defined as the ratio of particle yields at backward rapidity (Au beam direction) to those at forward rapidity (d beam direction). The identified hadrons are measured in the rapidity regions |y|<0.5 and 0.5<|y|<1.0 for the p{sub T} range 2.5<p{sub T}<10 GeV/c. We observe significant rapidity asymmetry for charged pion and proton+antiproton production in both the rapidity regions. The asymmetry is larger for 0.5<|y|<1.0 than for |y|<0.5 and is almost independent of particle type. The measurements are compared to various model predictions employing multiple scattering, energy loss, nuclear shadowing, saturation effects, and recombination and also to a phenomenological parton model. We find that asymmetries are sensitive to model parameters and show model preference. The rapidity dependence of {pi}{sup -}/{pi}{sup +} and p/p ratios in peripheral d+Au and forward neutron-tagged events are used to study the contributions of valence quarks and gluons to particle production at high p{sub T}.
- OSTI ID:
- 21067915
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 76; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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