Article
Measurement of the midrapidity transverse energy distribution from root(NN)-N-S=130 GeV Au+Au collisions at RHIC
Physical Review Letters
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
7-1-2001
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.052301
Abstract
The first measurement of energy produced transverse to the beam direction at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory is presented. The midrapidity transverse energy density per participating nucleon rises steadily with the number of participants, closely paralleling the rise in charged-particle density, such that ⟨ET⟩/⟨Nch⟩ remains relatively constant as a function of centrality. The energy density calculated via Bjorken’s prescription for the 2% most central Au+Au collisions at √sNN=130GeV is at least εBj=4.6 GeV/fm3, which is a factor of 1.6 larger than found at √sNN=17.2 GeV ( Pb+Pb at CERN).
Copyright Owner
American Physical Society
Copyright Date
2001
Language
en
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application/pdf
Citation Information
K. Adcox, Sergey Belikov, John C. Hill, John G. Lajoie, et al.. "Measurement of the midrapidity transverse energy distribution from root(NN)-N-S=130 GeV Au+Au collisions at RHIC" Physical Review Letters Vol. 87 Iss. 5 (2001) p. 052301 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/craig-ogilvie/190/
This article is published as Adcox, K., S. S. Adler, N. N. Ajitanand, Y. Akiba, J. Alexander, L. Aphecetche, Y. Arai et al. "Measurement of the Midrapidity Transverse Energy Distribution from s NN= 130 GeV A u+ A u Collisions at RHIC." Physical review letters 87, no. 5 (2001): 052301. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.052301. Posted with permission.