Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1838097 Nuclear Physics A 2006 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

We report the first results of the nuclear modification factors and elliptic flow of the ϕ mesons measured by the PHENIX experiment at RHIC in high luminosity Au+Au collisions at . The nuclear modification factors RAA and RCP of the ϕ follow the same trend of suppression as π0's in Au+Au collisions. In d+Au collisions at , the ϕ mesons are not suppressed. The elliptic flow of the ϕ mesons, measured in the minimum bias Au+Au events, is statistically consistent with other identified particles.

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