Net charge fluctuations in Au+Au interactions at s**(1/2) = 130-GeV
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Data from Au + Au interactions at sqrt(s_NN) = 130 GeV, obtained with the PHENIX detector at RHIC, are used to investigate local net charge fluctuations among particles produced near mid-rapidity. 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.Note:
- 6 pages, RevTeX 3, 3 figures, 307 authors, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. on 21 March, 2002. Plain text data tables for the points plotted in figures for this and previous PHENIX publications are (will be made) publicly available at http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/phenix/WWW/run/phenix/papers.html Journal-ref: Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 082301 (2002)
- nucleus nucleus: colliding beams
- scattering: heavy ion
- gold
- rapidity: central region
- multiple production
- positive particle: multiplicity
- negative particle: multiplicity
- charge: fluctuation
- quantum molecular dynamics: relativistic
- counters and detectors: acceptance
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