Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 152301 (2005) [6 pages]

Distributions of Charged Hadrons Associated with High Transverse Momentum Particles in pp and Au+Au Collisions at sqrt[sNN]=200  GeV

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J. Adams et al. STAR Collaboration
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Received 20 January 2005; published 6 October 2005

Charged hadrons in 0.15<p<4  GeV/c associated with particles of ptrig>4  GeV/c are reconstructed in pp and Au+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN]=200  GeV. The associated multiplicity and p magnitude sum are found to increase from pp to central Au+Au collisions. The associated p distributions, while similar in shape on the nearside, are significantly softened on the awayside in central Au+Au relative to pp and not much harder than that of inclusive hadrons. The results, consistent with jet quenching, suggest that the awayside fragments approach equilibration with the medium traversed.


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URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.152301
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.152301
PACS: 25.75.Dw

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