Evolution of the Nuclear Modification Factors with Rapidity and Centrality ind+AuCollisions atNNS=200GeV

Abstract
We report on a study of the transverse momentum dependence of nuclear modification factors RdAu for charged hadrons produced in deuteron+gold collisions at sNN=200GeV, as a function of collision centrality and of the pseudorapidity (η=0, 1, 2.2, 3.2) of the produced hadrons. We find a significant and systematic decrease of RdAu with increasing rapidity. The midrapidity enhancement and the forward rapidity suppression are more pronounced in central collisions relative to peripheral collisions. These results are relevant to the study of the possible onset of gluon saturation at energies reached at BNL RHIC.