Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Experiment
Scientific paper
2010-06-29
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Experiment
Invited lectures at the International School of Subnuclear Physics, 47th Course, "The most unexpected at LHC and the status of
Scientific paper
Results from the PHENIX experiment at RHIC in p-p and Au+Au collisions are reviewed from the perspective of measurements in p-p collisions at the CERN-ISR which serve as a basis for many of the techniques used. Issues such as J/Psi suppression and hydrodynamical flow in A+A collisions require data from LHC-Ions for an improved understanding. Suppression of high pT particles in Au+Au collisions, first observed at RHIC, also has unresolved mysteries such as the equality of the suppression of inclusive pi0 (from light quarks and gluons) and direct-single electrons (from the decay of heavy quarks) in the transverse momentum range 4< pT < 9 GeV/c. This disfavors a radiative explanation of suppression and leads to a fundamental question of whether the Higgs boson gives mass to fermions. Observation of an exponential distribution of direct photons in central Au+Au collisions for 1< pT <2 GeV/c where hard-processes are negligible and with no similar exponential distribution in p-p collisions indicates thermal photon emission from the medium at RHIC, making PHENIX at the moment ``the hottest experiment in Physics''.
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