Elastic energy loss with respect to the reaction plane in a Monte-Carlo model
arXiv:1008.4657 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.82.051901
Abstract
We present a computation of $Ï^0$ nuclear modification factor with respect to the reaction plane in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV, based on a Monte-Carlo model of elastic energy loss of hard partons traversing the bulk hydrodynamical medium created in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions. We find the incoherent nature of elastic energy loss incompatible with the measured data.
5 pages, 2 figures