2007

High Transverse Momentum Hadron Spectra at sqrt{s_{NN}}=17.3 GeV, in Pb+Pb and p+p Collisions

NA49 Collaboration

Understand

Transverse momentum spectra up to 4.5 GeV/c around midrapidity of pi^{+/-}, p, pbar, K^{+/-} in Pb+Pb reactions were measured at sqrt{s_{NN}}=17.3 GeV by the CERN-NA49 experiment.

  • The nuclear modification factors R_{AA} for pi^{+/-} and R_{CP} for pi^{+/-},p,pbar,K^{+/-} were extracted and are compared to RHIC results at sqrt{s_{NN}}=200 GeV.
  • The modification factor R_{AA} shows a rapid increase with transverse momentum in the covered region.
  • This indicates that the Cronin effect is the dominating effect in our energy range.

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