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Minijet deformation and charge-independent angular correlations on momentum subspace in Au-Au collisions at = 130 GeV

arXiv:nucl-ex/0411003 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.73.064907

Abstract

First measurements of charge-independent correlations on angular difference variables (pseudorapidity) and (azimuth) are presented for primary charged hadrons with transverse momentum GeV/ and from Au-Au collisions at GeV. Strong charge-independent angular correlations are observed associated with jet-like structures and elliptic flow. The width of the jet-like peak on increases by a factor 2.3 from peripheral to central collisions, suggesting strong coupling of semi-hard scattered partons to a longitudinally-expanding medium. New methods of jet analysis introduced here provide evidence for nonperturbative QCD medium effects in heavy ion collisions.

8 pages, 4 figures

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