@article{646871296c214a5697f7973b253e6056,
title = "Evidence of final-state suppression of high-pT hadrons in Au + Au collisions using d + Au measurements at RHIC",
abstract = "Transverse momentum spectra of charged hadrons with pT < 6 GeV/c have been measured near mid-rapidity (0.2 < η < 1.4) by the PHOBOS experiment at RHIC in Au + Au and d + Au collisions at √sNN= GeV. The spectra for different collision centralities are compared to (Formula presented.) collisions at the same energy. The resulting nuclear modification factor for central Au + Au collisions shows evidence of strong suppression of charged hadrons in the high-pT region (>2 GeV/c). In contrast, the d + Au nuclear modification factor exhibits no suppression of the high-pT yields. These measurements suggest a large energy loss of the high-pT particles in the highly interacting medium created in the central Au + Au collisions. The lack of suppression in d + Au collisions suggests that it is unlikely that initial state effects can explain the suppression in the central Au + Au collisions. PACS: 25.75.-q",
author = "{for the PHOBOS Collaboration} and Rachid Nouicer and Back, {B. B.} and Baker, {M. D.} and M. Ballintijn and Barton, {D. S.} and B. Becker and Betts, {R. R.} and Bickley, {A. A.} and R. Bindel and W. Busza and A. Carroll and Decowski, {M. P.} and E. Garc{\'i}a and T. Gburek and N. George and K. Gulbrandsen and S. Gushue and C. Halliwell and J. Hamblen and Harrington, {A. S.} and C. Henderson and Hofman, {D. J.} and Hollis, {R. S.} and R. Ho{\l}y{\'n}ski and B. Holzman and A. Iordanova and E. Johnson and Kane, {J. L.} and N. Khan and P. Kulinich and Kuo, {C. M.} and Lee, {J. W.} and Lin, {W. T.} and S. Manly and Mignerey, {A. C.} and R. Nouicer and A. Olszewski and R. Pak and Park, {I. C.} and H. Pernegger and C. Reed and C. Roland and G. Roland and J. Sagerer and P. Sarin and I. Sedykh and W. Skulski and Smith, {C. E.} and P. Steinberg and Stephans, {G. S.F.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2004, Springer-Verlag, Societ{\`a} Italiana di Fisica.",
year = "2004",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1140/epjcd/s2004-03-1702-3",
language = "???core.languages.en_GB???",
volume = "33",
pages = "s606--s608",
journal = "European Physical Journal C",
issn = "1434-6044",
}