1. Maya SHIMOMURA University of Tsukuba for the PHENIX Collaboration
High-pT 0,, Identified and Inclusive Charged Hadron Spectra from PHENIX
Maya SHIMOMURA
University of Tsukuba
for the PHENIX Collaboration

2. Physics motivation What we have studied.
Comparison between Au+Au and d+Au collision with high energy.
*No suppression in d+Au collision while Au+Au has factor 3 suppression at high pT.
<Possible explanation>
Cronin effect in nuclear. (Initial)
Gluon interaction in hot dense matter. (final)
*Direct photon is not suppressed.
PRL94(2005)232301
*PRL (2003)
The suppression at high pT is due to the final state interaction.
<Question>
Dependence on the System size ?
Dependence on the particles species ?

3. PHENIX Detectors
EMCAL --- measure energy deposit of electron and gamma
DC --- obtain momentum of charged particles
PC --- measure hit position of charged particles 
Tracking and Matching (DC, PC)
charged hadron 
,0  0 h+ Ks 
EMCAL (PbSc + PbGl)
,0,Ks h- 0  

4. Spectra

5. Spectra in different systems
= 200GeV
<Au+ 200GeV>
0 spectra
 spectra
charged hadron spectra
<Cu + 200GeV>
<d+ Au>
Ks spectra
<p+p>
Au+ Au
See poster by T.Isobe
p (GeV/c) T

6. Spectra in Au+Au = 200GeV Charged Hadron PRC69,034910 (2004) p (GeV/c)

7. Spectra in Cu+Cu
= 200GeV
Charged Hadron
See poster by C. M. Vale

8. Spectra in d + Au
= 200GeV
See talk and poster by V.G. Ryabov

9. Spectra in p + p
= 200GeV

10. RAA
Comparison to p+p collision data

11. RAA for 0 and Charged Hadron
<Minimum bias>
<Au + Au>
factor 3 suppression.
Constant out to 20GeV/c.
Clear difference between 0 and charged hadron for pt < 5GeV/c.
(Ref: talk by D.L.Winter for reaction plane dependence)
The data is consistent with energy loss models. (XN-Wang, GLV).
Phys.Lett.B595: ,2004

12. Centrality evolution of RAA
<Peripheral to Central Au+Au Collision>
Stronger Suppression for more central collision.
0 RAA is flat for all centrality for pT>5 GeV/c.
Difference between 0 and charged increases for pT < 5 GeV/c.

13. Suppression is similar to 0
RAA of 
In Au + Au
Suppression is similar to 0

14. and Charged Hadron RAA in Cu + Cu
RAA is 1 within error for peripheral collision.
RAA ~ 0.5 for most central collision.
Charged Hadron RAA is higher in more central collision.

15. Comparison between Au+Au and Cu+Cu
Both behave same at mid central.

16. High pT Particle Ratio

17. = 200GeV
p+p
Au+Au
d+Au
~ in all systems and for all centralies.

18. Ks/0 ratio becomes flat at high pT.
= 200GeV
p+p
d+Au
Ks/0 ratio becomes flat at high pT.

19. Summary
High pT 0 suppression is flat out to 20 GeV/c in Au + Au.
Consistent with Energy loss models.
 has a similar suppression pattern as 0.
Suppression is flat as function of pT.
0 and charged hadron are also suppressed in central Cu+Cu collision.
RAA is ~0.5 for 0
RAA comparison between Au+Au and Cu+Cu
Suppression is similar for similar Npart
/0 ratio = ~0.4 – 0.5,
The ratio is independent of centralities and system size.
The ratio is similar to pp/dAu, consistent with Jet fragmentation.

20. I am proud of our colleagues!
Thanks To Many Effort
PHENIX
I am proud of our colleagues!

21. 13 Countries; 62 Institutions; 550 Participants*
*as of March 2005

22. Related talk and poster
1a M.Konno “Systematic study of identified particle production in PHENIX”
3a D.L.Winter “PHENIX measurement of particle yields at high pT with respect to reaction plane in Au+Au collision at sNN= 200GeV ”
6b V.G.Ryabov “First measurement of the -meson production at RHIC by PHENIX”
<Poster>
32 C.M.Vale “Charged hadron transverse momentum spectra in Cu+Cu collisions from PHENIX”
74 T.Isobe “Measurement of neutral pions in sNN= 200GeV and 62.4GeV Au+Au collisions at RHIC-PHENIX”
192 K.Miki “Measurement of inclusive photon and direct photon v2 in sNN= 200GeV Au-Au collision with the PHENIX experiment at RHIC”
200 M.L. Purschek “Measurement of eta pT distribution in sNN= 200GeV Au-Au collision at RHIC-PHENIX”
203 Y.G. Riabov “Measurement of multiparticle hadron decays of light mesons at PHENIX”

23. Back up slides

24. Npart(x,y) 80-92.2% 60-80% 50-60% 30-40% Au+Au 6.3 19.5 45.5 114
6.4
25.4
53.0
98.2
Cu+Cu
60-94%
40-50%
20-30%
0-10%
Distribution of Npart density versus x and y (in fermi) for similar <Npart> in Au+Au, Cu+Cu
Ellipticity is very different – v2 should be quite different for same <Npart>

25. Npart(x,y=0), Npart(y,x=0)
blue = Cu+Cu
red = Au+Au
x (fm)
y (fm)
Projection of Npart density in x and y
Shows that Npart density in Au+Au and Cu+Cu are similar (for same <Npart>)

26. Collision Geometry r y z y z
One can calculate at what impact parameter b(=2y) in Au+Au that one gets the same Nnucleon as a central Cu+Cu collision (where Nnucleon(0) ~ 10):
For Au+Au, b=10 fm corresponds to ~ 40% centrality...

27. Au+Au 0 RAA Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 252301,2002 nucl-th/0404052
Phys.Lett.B595: ,2004

28. Integrated RAB
= 200GeV

29. Peripheral (Au + Au) Mid central (Cu + Cu)
Comparison of 0 RAA in Cu+Cu collision to 0 RAA in Au+Au collision as the function of Npart
Peripheral (Au + Au) Mid central (Cu + Cu)

30. RdA of 