Suppression of Back-to-Back Hadron Pairs at Forward Rapidity in d+Au Collisions at sNN=200GeV

A. Adare et al. (PHENIX Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 172301 – Published 18 October 2011

Abstract

Back-to-back hadron pair yields in d+Au and p+p collisions at sNN=200GeV were measured with the PHENIX detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Rapidity separated hadron pairs were detected with the trigger hadron at pseudorapidity |η|<0.35 and the associated hadron at forward rapidity (deuteron direction, 3.0<η<3.8). Pairs were also detected with both hadrons measured at forward rapidity; in this case, the yield of back-to-back hadron pairs in d+Au collisions with small impact parameters is observed to be suppressed by a factor of 10 relative to p+p collisions. The kinematics of these pairs is expected to probe partons in the Au nucleus with a low fraction x of the nucleon momenta, where the gluon densities rise sharply. The observed suppression as a function of nuclear thickness, pT, and η points to cold nuclear matter effects arising at high parton densities.

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  • Received 2 June 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.172301

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Vol. 107, Iss. 17 — 21 October 2011

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