Jet modification via π0-hadron correlations in Au + Au collisions at $$\sqrt{s_{NN}}$$ = 200 GeV
High-momentum two-particle correlations are a useful tool for studying jet-quenching effects in the quark-gluon plasma. Angular correlations between neutral-pion triggers and charged hadrons with transverse momenta in the range 4β12 GeV/π and 0.5β7 GeV/π, respectively, have been measured by the PHENIX experiment in 2014 for Au + Au collisions at $$\sqrt{s_{NN}}$$ = 200 GeV. Suppression is observed in the yield of high-momentum jet fragments opposite the trigger particle, which indicates jet suppression stemming from in-medium partonic energy loss, while enhancement is observed for low-momentum particles. The ratio and differences between the yield in Au + Au collisions and π +more »