Measurement of the multi-hadron decays of omega, Ks and eta-mesons in heavy ion collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200 GeV in the PHENIX experiment at RHIC

Abstract

The PHENIX experiment at RHIC measured $\omega$, $\eta$ and $K_{S}^{0}$-meson production at high $p_{T}$ in $p+p$, $d+Au$ and $Au+Au$ collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ $GeV$. Measurements performed in different hadronic decay channels give consistent results. The measured ratios of all three mesons to $\pi^{0}$ are found to be flat as a function of $p_{T}$ in $p+p$ collisions and equal to $\omega/\pi^{0}=0.81\pm0.02\pm0.07$, $\eta/\pi^{0}=0.48\pm0.02\pm0.02$ and $K_{S}^{0}/\pi^{0}=0.45\pm0.01\pm0.05$. Nuclear modification factor measured for $\omega$-mesons in central Au+Au collisions is $R_{AA}=0.4\pm0.15$.