Nuclear Modification Factor in Small System Collisions within Perturbative QCD Including Thermal Effects

In this paper, dedicated to the memory of the late Prof. Jean Cleymans, the nuclear modification factors, \(R_{xA}\), are investigated for pion production in small system collisions, measured by PHENIX experiment at RHIC (Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider). The theoretical framework is the transverse...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2022-07
Main Authors: Moriggi, L S, Machado, M V T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collisions
Heavy ions
Parameterization
Pions
Projectiles
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
Relaxation time
Temperature effects
Transverse momentum
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Summary:In this paper, dedicated to the memory of the late Prof. Jean Cleymans, the nuclear modification factors, \(R_{xA}\), are investigated for pion production in small system collisions, measured by PHENIX experiment at RHIC (Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider). The theoretical framework is the transverse momentum \(k_T\)-factorization formalism for hard processes at small momentum fraction, \(x\). Evidence for collective expansion and thermal effects for pions, produced at equilibrium, is studied based on phenomenological parametrization of blast-wave type in the relaxation time approximation. The dependencies on the centrality and on the projectile species are discussed in terms of the behavior of Cronin peak and the suppression of \(R_{xA}\) at large transverse momentum, \(p_T\). The multiplicity of produced particles, which is sensitive to the soft sector of the spectra, is also included in the present analysis.
ISSN:2331-8422