Bulk Properties of the Medium Produced in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions from the Beam Energy Scan Program

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Jan 24, 2017
33 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.C 96 (2017) 4, 044904
  • Published: Oct 13, 2017
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Abstract: (APS)
We present measurements of bulk properties of the matter produced in Au+Au collisions at sNN=7.7,11.5,19.6,27, and 39 GeV using identified hadrons (π±, K±, p, and p¯) from the STAR experiment in the Beam Energy Scan (BES) Program at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). Midrapidity (|y|<0.1) results for multiplicity densities dN/dy, average transverse momenta 〈pT〉, and particle ratios are presented. The chemical and kinetic freeze-out dynamics at these energies are discussed and presented as a function of collision centrality and energy. These results constitute the systematic measurements of bulk properties of matter formed in heavy-ion collisions over a broad range of energy (or baryon chemical potential) at RHIC.
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  • 35 pages, 38 figures
  • 25.75.Gz
  • 25.75.Nq
  • 25.75.-q
  • 25.75.Dw
  • nuclear properties
  • nuclear matter
  • rapidity
  • multiplicity: density
  • transverse momentum
  • freeze-out: kinetic