Correlations of event activity with hard and soft processes in p+Au collisions at sNN =200 GeV at the RHIC STAR experiment

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Abstract

With the STAR experiment at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, we characterize sNN=200GeV p+Au collisions by event activity (EA) measured within the pseudorapidity range ηϵ[-5,-3.4] in the Au-going direction and report correlations between this EA and hard- and soft-scale particle production at midrapidity (ηϵ[-1,1]). At the soft scale, charged particle production in low-EA p+Au collisions is comparable to that in p+p collisions and increases monotonically with increasing EA. At the hard scale, we report measurements of high transverse momentum (pT) jets in events of different EAs. In contrast with the soft particle production, high-pT particle production and EA are found to be inversely related. To investigate whether this is a signal of jet quenching in high-EA events, we also report ratios of pT imbalance and azimuthal separation of dijets in high- and low-EA events. Within our measurement precision, no significant differences are observed, disfavoring the presence of jet quenching in the highest 30% EA p+Au collisions at sNN=200GeV.

Original languageEnglish
Article number044908
JournalPhysical Review C
Volume110
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2024

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