Systematics of the charged-hadron P{sub T} spectrum and the nuclear suppression factor in heavy-ion collisions from {radical}(s{sub NN})=200 GeV to {radical}(s{sub NN})=2.76 TeV

Journal Article · Fri Jul 15 04:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVC.84.014906· OSTI ID:21596603

Renk, Thorsten; Holopainen, Hannu; Paatelainen, Risto; Eskola, Kari J ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 University of Jyvaeskylae, Finland and Helsinki Institute of Physics, P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 University of Helsinki (Finland)

In this paper, our goal is to make a simultaneous analysis of the high- and low-P{sub T} parts of the charged-hadron P{sub T} spectrum measured by the ALICE collaboration [K. Aamodt et al. (ALICE Collaboration), Phys. Lett. B 696, 30 (2011)] in central Pb-Pb collisions at {radical}(s{sub NN})=2.76 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), based on models which have been successfully applied and constrained in Au-Au collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). For the hydrodynamical modeling with which we obtain the low-P{sub T} spectrum, we have computed the initial conditions based on perturbative QCD (pQCD) minijet production and saturation. The sensitivity of the obtained charged-hadron P{sub T} spectrum on the hydrodynamic model parameters is studied. For the high-P{sub T} part, we apply a number of parton-medium interaction models, which are tuned to describe the nuclear suppression factor R{sub AA} measured at RHIC in central Au-Au collisions at {radical}(s{sub NN})=200 GeV. We find that the higher kinematic reach of the LHC, manifest in the hardening of the pQCD parton spectral slope, is in principle very efficient in discriminating the various models. However, due to the uncertainties in the p-p baseline, none of the tested models can be firmly ruled out with the present ALICE data. Comparison with the LHC data in this approach shows that the combined hydrodynamic and pQCD + jet quenching components can reproduce the data well in the whole measured P{sub T} range.

• OSTI ID: 21596603
• Journal Information: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 84; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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