Note on proton-antiproton suppression in 200 AGeV Au-Au collisions

dc.creatorRenk, Thorsten
dc.creatorEskola, Kari J.
dc.date2007-02-09
dc.date2007-05-14
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:22:37Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:22:37Z
dc.descriptionWe discuss the measured nuclear suppression of p + pbar production in 200 AGeV Au-Au collisions at RHIC within radiative energy loss. For the AKK set of fragmentation functions, proton production is dominated by gluons, giving rise to the expectation that the nuclear suppression for p + pbar should be stronger than for pions due to the stronger coupling of gluons to the quenching medium. Using a hydrodynamical description for the soft matter evolution, we show that this is indeed seen in the calculation. However, the expected suppression factors for pions and protons are sufficiently similar that a discrimination with present data is not possible. In the high p_T region above 6 GeV where the contributions of hydrodynamics and recombination to hadron production are negligible, the model calculation is in good agreement with the data on p + pbar suppression.
dc.description3 pages, 2 figures, slightly expanded version
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0702096
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0702096
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.C76:027901,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevC.76.027901
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/194629
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleNote on proton-antiproton suppression in 200 AGeV Au-Au collisions
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