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Title

Charged particle multiplicity fluctuations in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[SNN]=200 GeV

Author(s)

Wozniak, K.;  Back, B. B.;  Baker, M. D.;  Ballintijn, M.;  Barton, D. S.;  Betts, R. R.;  Bickley, A. A.;  Bindel, R.;  Budzanowski, A.;  Busza, W.;  Carroll, A.;  Chai, Z.;  Decowski, M. P.;  Garcia, E.;  George, N.;  Gulbrandsen, K.;  Gushue, S.;  Halliwell, C.;  Hamblen, J.;  Heintzelman, G. A.;  Henderson, C.;  Hofman, D. J.;  Hollis, R. S.;  Holynski, R.;  Holzman, B.;  Iordanova, A.;  Johnson, E.;  Kane, J. L.;  Katzy, J.;  Khan, N.;  Kucewicz, W.;  Kulinich, P.;  Kuo, C. M.;  Lin, W. T.;  Manly, S.;  McLeod, D.;  Mignerey, A. C.;  Nouicer, R.;  Olszewski, A.;  Pak, R.;  Park, I. C.;  Pernegger, H.;  Reed, C.;  Remsberg, L. P.;  Reuter, M.;  Roland, C.;  Roland, G.;  Rosenberg, L.;  Sagerer, J.;  Sarin, P.;  Sawicki, P.;  Skulski, W.;  Steinberg, P.;  Stephans, G. S. F.;  Sukhanov, A.;  Tang, J. L.;  Trzupek, A.;  Vale, C.;  Van Nieuwenhuizen, G. J.;  Verdier, R.;  Wolfs, F. L. H.;  Wosiek, B.;  Wuosmaa, A. H.;  Wyslouch, B.

Abstract

This paper presents the first PHOBOS results on charged particle multiplicity fluctuations measured for Au+Au collisions at the highest RHIC energy within a wide pseudorapidity range of |η| < 3. The dependence on collision geometry is removed in the analysis by using the normalized difference between the number of particles in separate η bins. We compare our data to HIJING model predictions.

Publication type

Journal article

Source

Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 30, no. 8 (Aug 2004), pp. S1377-S1380

Publication year

2004

FOR Code(s)

0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics

Keyword(s)

Charged particles;  Multiplicity fluctuations;  PHOBOS

Publisher

Institute of Physics Publishing

ISSN

0954-3899

Publisher URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/30/8/131

Copyright

Copyright © 2004 IOP Publishing.

Peer reviewed