Formation time scaling and hadronization in cold nuclear matter

Abstract

I propose a scaling analysis of the hadron multiplicity ratio measured in Deep Inelastic Scattering on nuclear targets as a tool to distinguish energy loss and nuclear absorption effects on hadron suppression in cold nuclear matter. The proposed scaling variable is a function of the hadron fractional energy and of the virtual photon energy. Its functional form, which depends on a parameter λ, can be fixed by general theoretical considerations and encompasses both energy loss and absorption models. The parameter λis fitted to HERMES experimental data and shown to favor prehadron nuclear absorption as leading mechanism for hadron suppression as opposed to quark energy loss.

6 pages, 5 figures. Extended discussions. Low- and high formation time cuts analyzed, 1 plot added. To appear in Phys.Lett.B

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