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Quenching of high-pT hadrons: Alternative scenario

B. Z. Kopeliovich·I. K. Potashnikova·Ivan Schmidt
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A new scenario, alternative to energy loss, for the observed suppression of high-pT hadrons observed at RHIC is proposed. In the limit of a very dense medium crated in nuclear collisions the mean free-path of the produced (pre)hadron vanishes, and and the nuclear suppression, R_{AA} is completely controlled by the production length. The RHIC data are well explained in a parameter free way, and predictions for LHC are provided.

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B. Z. Kopeliovich, I. K. Potashnikova, Ivan Schmidt. 2007-07-29. Quenching of high-pT hadrons: Alternative scenario. https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.4302

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