Recent Results from the BRAHMS Experiment
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We present recent results obtained by the BRAHMS experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) for the systems of Au + Au and Cu + Cu at √ s N N = 200 GeV and at 62.4 GeV, and p + p at √ s N N = 200 GeV. BRAHMS explores reaction dynamics and properties of the hot and high energy density matter produced in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions versus its longitudinal expansion. Overall charged particle production, particle spectra over a large rapidity interval and p T range are presented. Nuclear modification factors for Au + Au and Cu + Cu collisions are discussed. The observed number of charged particles produced per unit of rapidity in the central rapidity region indicates that a high energy density systems are produced at the initial stage of the Au + Au reaction. Analysis of anti-particle to particle ratios as a function of rapidity and collision energy reveal that particle populations at the chemical freeze-out stage for heavy-ion reactions at and above SPS energies are controlled by the baryon chemical potential. From the particle spectra we deduce significant radial expansion (β ≈ 0.75), as expected for systems created with a large initial energy density. We also measure the elliptic flow parameter v 2 versus rapidity and p T. A weak dependence on rapidity of the p T differential v 2 is observed. We present rapidity dependent p/π ratios within 0 < y < 3 for Au + Au and Cu + Cu at √ s N N = 200 GeV. The ratios are enhanced in nucleus-nucleus collisions as compared to p + p collisions. The particle ratios are discussed in terms of their system size and rapidity dependence. We compare R AA for Au + Au at √ s N N = 200 GeV and at 62.4 GeV, and for Au + Au and Cu + Cu at √ s N N = 62.4 GeV. R AA is found to increase with decreasing collision energy, decreasing system size, and when going towards more peripheral collisions. However, R AA shows only a very weak dependence on rapidity (for 0 < y < 3.2), both for pions and protons.
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