Energy Loss and Flavor Dynamics from Single Particle Measurements in PHENIX Original Research Article

The transverse momentum spectra, yields, and ratios of charged pions, protons, and antiprotons have been studied up to 5 GeV/c in pT in 5 different centrality classes in Au+Au collisions at View the MathML source. These results are compared and contrasted with the observables calculated in recombination models of hadronization. They are also used to examine the color charge dependence of parton energy loss in the medium.