Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Experiment
Scientific paper
2004-01-21
Nucl.Phys. A734 (2004) 13-27
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Experiment
15 pages, 11 figures. to appear in Nucl. Physics A. Invited talk at 'Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions 2003' conference, Moscow
Scientific paper
Heavy ion collisions at RHIC energies (Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV) exhibit significant new features as compared to earlier experiments at lower energies. The reaction is characterized by a high degree of transparency of the collisions partners leading to the formation of a baryon-poor central region. In this zone, particle production occurs mainly from the stretching of the color field. The initial energy density is well above the one considered necessary for the formation of the Quark Gluon Plasma, QGP. The production of charged particles of various masses is consistent with chemical and thermal equilibrium. Recently, a suppression of the high transverse momentum component of hadron spectra has been observed in central Au+Au collisions. This can be explained by the energy loss experienced by leading partons in a medium with a high density of unscreened color charges. In contrast, such high $p_t$ jets are not suppressed in d+Au collisions suggesting that the high $p_t$ suppression is not due to initial state effects in the ultrarelativistic colliding nuclei.
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