Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 052302 (2004) [6 pages]

Particle-Type Dependence of Azimuthal Anisotropy and Nuclear Modification of Particle Production in Au+Au Collisions at sqrt[sNN]=200  GeV

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J. Adams et al. STAR Collaboration
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Received 3 June 2003; published 2 February 2004

We present STAR measurements of the azimuthal anisotropy parameter v2 and the binary-collision scaled centrality ratio RCP for kaons and lambdas (Λ+Λ̅ ) at midrapidity in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN]=200   GeV. In combination, the v2 and RCP particle-type dependencies contradict expectations from partonic energy loss followed by standard fragmentation in vacuum. We establish pT≈5   GeV/c as the value where the centrality dependent baryon enhancement ends. The KS0 and Λ+Λ̅ v2 values are consistent with expectations of constituent-quark-number scaling from models of hadron formation by parton coalescence or recombination.


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URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.052302
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.052302
PACS: 25.75.Ld, 25.75.Dw

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