| Journal: | Brazilian journal of physics |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000408275 |
| ISSN: | 0103-9733 |
| Authors: | Lajoie, John1 |
| Institutions: | 1Iowa State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ames, Iowa. Estados Unidos de América |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Season: | Jun |
| Volumen: | 37 |
| Number: | 2C |
| Pages: | 825-829 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Experimental, analítico |
| English abstract | Experimental evidence from RHIC indicates that matter having an energy density far in excess of the value required for the creation of a deconfined phase is produced in ultrarelativistic Au+Au collisions at ÖsNN=200 GeV. This matter thermalizes rapidly, is strongly interacting, and displays hydrodynamic properties akin to a fluid with very low viscosity. Studies of the interaction of hard scattered partons with this matter provide an important probe of its properties. In fact, studies of the suppression of high-pT hadrons have been one of the key arguments used by the RHIC experiments that the matter created is something fundamentally new and exciting. I review the current experimental picture that has emerged from the data collected at RHIC, with an emphasis on the effort to extract quantitative measurements from the suppression of high-pT hadrons |
| Disciplines: | Física y astronomía |
| Keyword: | Física, Física de partículas y campos cuánticos, Jets, Cromodinámica cuántica, Colisiones, Iones pesados |
| Keyword: | Physics and astronomy, Particle physics and quantum fields, Physics, Jets, Quantum chromodynamics (QCD), Collisions, Heavy ions |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |
