Phys. Rev. C 70, 064907 (2004) [7 pages]

Pseudorapidity asymmetry and centrality dependence of charged hadron spectra in d+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN]=200  GeV

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J. Adams et al. STAR Collaboration
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Received 17 August 2004; published 23 December 2004

The pseudorapidity asymmetry and centrality dependence of charged hadron spectra in d+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN]=200  GeV are presented. The charged particle density at midrapidity, its pseudorapidity asymmetry, and centrality dependence are reasonably reproduced by a multiphase transport model, by HIJING, and by the latest calculations in a saturation model. Ratios of transverse momentum spectra between backward and forward pseudorapidity are above unity for pT below 5  GeVc . The ratio of central to peripheral spectra in d+Au collisions shows enhancement at 2<pT<6  GeVc , with a larger effect at backward rapidity than forward rapidity. Our measurements are in qualitative agreement with gluon saturation and in contrast to calculations based on incoherent multiple partonic scatterings.


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URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.70.064907
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.70.064907
PACS: 25.75.Dw

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