Article
Net charge fluctuations in Au+Au interactions root s(NN)=130 GeV
Physical Review Letters
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
8-1-2002
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.08230
Abstract
Data from Au+Au interactions at s(NN)=130 GeV, obtained with the PHENIX detector at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider, are used to investigate local net charge fluctuations among particles produced near midrapidity. According to recent suggestions, such fluctuations may carry information from the quark-gluon plasma. This analysis shows that the fluctuations are dominated by a stochastic distribution of particles, but are also sensitive to other effects, like global charge conservation and resonance decays.
Copyright Owner
American Physical Society
Copyright Date
2002
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
K. Adcox, Sergey Belikov, John C. Hill, John G. Lajoie, et al.. "Net charge fluctuations in Au+Au interactions root s(NN)=130 GeV" Physical Review Letters Vol. 89 Iss. 8 (2002) p. 082301 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/craig-ogilvie/196/
This article is published as Adcox, K., S. S. Adler, N. N. Ajitanand, Y. Akiba, J. Alexander, L. Aphecetche, Y. Arai et al. "Net Charge Fluctuations in Au+Au Interactions at sNN=130 GeV." Physical review letters 89, no. 8 (2002): 082301. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.08230. Posted with permission.