Quenching of light hadrons at RHIC in a collisional energy loss scenario

Abstract

We evaluate the nuclear suppression factor, $R_{AA}(p_T)$ for light hadrons by taking into account the collisional energy loss. We show that in the measured $p_T$ domain of RHIC the elastic process is the dominant mechanism for the partonic energy loss.

arXiv comment4 pages with 3 figures, Quark Matter 2008 Proceedings

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