Can hadronic rescattering explain the "jet quenching" at RHIC?

Phys.Rev.C71:034906,2005; Erratum-ibid.C71:039903,2006 Recent RHIC data have shown novel nuclear modifications of moderate to high pt particle production in central Au+Au collisions, including a suppression of hadron production and a disappearance of back-to-back hadron pairs. In this paper, we inve...

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Main Authors Hardtke, David, Humanic, Thomas J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 21.05.2004
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Physics - Nuclear Theory
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Summary:Phys.Rev.C71:034906,2005; Erratum-ibid.C71:039903,2006 Recent RHIC data have shown novel nuclear modifications of moderate to high pt particle production in central Au+Au collisions, including a suppression of hadron production and a disappearance of back-to-back hadron pairs. In this paper, we investigate whether final-state hadronic interactions of the jet fragments can reproduce the RHIC data. We find that hadronic rescattering can account for the disappearance of back-to-back hadron pairs, but cannot reproduce other features of the RHIC data.
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.nucl-th/0405064