Measurement of the f-meson production in the relativistic heavy ion collisions with the PHENIX detector at RHIC

This proceeding gives the most complete review of the measurements of the ø-meson production in relativistic heavy ion and proton-proton collisions performed by the PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The measurements of the f-meson are consistent in the analysis of various decay modes, using different techniques. The results show expected similarities when analyzed in Au + Au and Cu + Cu collision systems for the corresponding centrality classes. In other systems PHENIX observes not only the difference between the suppression of f-meson and the proton, reflecting generally different behavior between mesons and baryons, but also a significant difference in suppression of different mesons. These results are hard to explain due to the mass or quark content of the f-meson. PACS 21.65.Jk-Mesons in nuclear matter. PACS 25.75.Dw-Particle and resonance production.