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Probing Collision Dynamics with Fluctuation and Correlation Studies at RHIC
Prof. Claude A. Pruneau
Collaboration: STAR
Abstract:
We present results of net charge, transverse momentum, and kaon vs pion multiplicity fluctuations analyses in Au + Au collisions at $s^{1/2}_{NN}=$20, 62, 130, and 200 GeV. Results are discussed based on theoretical predictions, and compared to those of PHENIX, CERES and NA49. Net charge fluctuations are finite and in qualitative agreement with resonance gas, and quark coalescence models. They exhibit the minimal beam energy dependence expected for a finite system due to constraints of charge conservation. Normalized transverse momentum correlations $<\Delta p_t,\Delta p_t>^{1/2}/ back to the Archives home to the Parallel talks to the Posters |