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Charged Particle Fluctuation in Heavy Ion Collisions

2002/04/01 by Fritz W. Bopp, Johannes Ranft
Physics and Astronomy · #hep-ph

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published as Acta Phys.Polon. B33 (2002) 1505-1520 · Talk given by Bopp at the Cracow Epiphany Conference On Quarks And Gluons In Extreme Conditions, 3 - 6 January 2002, Cracow, Poland

arxiv created 2002/04/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

Comparing quantities to analyze charged fluctuations in heavy ion experiments the dispersion of the charges in a central rapidity box was found to be best suited. Various energies and different nuclear sizes are considered in an explicit Dual-Parton-Model calculation using the DPMJET code and a randomized modification to simulated charge equilibrium. For large enough detection regions charged particle fluctuations can provide a signal of the basic dynamics of heavy ion processes.

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