Published in:
Physical Review Letters 90,8 (2003) 082302;
Link to original published article:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.082302
Abstract
Azimuthal correlations for large transverse momentum charged hadrons have been measured over a wide pseudorapidity range and full azimuth in Au+Au and p+p collisions at roots(NN)=200 GeV. The small-angle correlations observed in p+p collisions and at all centralities of Au+Au collisions are characteristic of hard-scattering processes previously observed in high-energy collisions. A strong back-to-back correlation exists for p+p and peripheral Au+Au. In contrast, the back-to-back correlations are reduced considerably in the most central Au+Au collisions, indicating substantial interaction as the hard-scattered partons or their fragmentation products traverse the medium.
Keywords
large transverse-momentum;; jet cross-section;; anti-proton collider;; particle-production;; pbarp collisions;; energy-loss;; dependence;; fragmentation;; suppression;; matter
Date of this Version
January 2003