Hard physics in STAR

  • The hot and dense matter created in high-energy nuclear collisions is believed to undergo a transition into a deconfined phase where partonic degrees of freedom determine the dynamics of the medium. High-p⊥ partons, that are produced in the initial collisions between nucleons of the incoming nuclei, lose energy as they propagate through the medium. This effect, called jetquenching, is observed in high-p⊥ particle spectra, in azimuthal correlations with the reaction plane (elliptic flow) and jet-like two-particle correlations. STAR consists of tracking detectors and electromagnetic calorimetry with large and azimuthally symmetric acceptance and is exceptionally well suited for single particle detection and correlation studies at high p⊥. In the last five years, it has collected a large dataset including Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at different energies and reference data from p+p and d+Au collisions. We present particle spectra and two-particle correlations at high-p⊥, and relate these measurements to the properties of the medium.

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Author:Thomas DietelORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-45305
DOI:https://doi.org/10.22323/1.021.0136
ISSN:1824-8039
Parent Title (German):Proceedings of Science
Publisher:SISSA
Place of publication:Trieste
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2005
Year of first Publication:2005
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Creating Corporation:International Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics, July 21st - 27th 2005, Lisboa, Portugal
Release Date:2007/06/14
Volume:021
Issue:(HEP2005)136
Page Number:4
First Page:1
Last Page:4
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Source:Proceedings of Science (HEP2005)136. - International Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics, July 21st - 27th 2005, Lisboa, Portugal
HeBIS-PPN:188843612
Institutes:Physik / Physik
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Keine kommerzielle Nutzung-Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen