Abstract

Azimuthal angular correlations of charged hadrons with respect to the axis of a reconstructed (trigger) jet in Au+Au and p+p collisions at √sNN=200  GeV in STAR are presented. The trigger jet population in Au+Au collisions is biased toward jets that have not interacted with the medium, allowing easier matching of jet energies between Au+Au and p+p collisions while enhancing medium effects on the recoil jet. The associated hadron yield of the recoil jet is significantly suppressed at high transverse momentum (passocT) and enhanced at low passocT in 0%–20% central Au+Au collisions compared to p+p collisions, which is indicative of medium-induced parton energy loss in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-28-2014

Notes/Citation Information

Published in Physical Review Letters, v. 112, article 122301, p. 1-7.

©2014 American Physical Society

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Due to the large number of authors involved, only the first 10 and the ones affiliated with the University of Kentucky are listed in the author section above.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.122301

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