Measurement of nonrandom event by event fluctuations of average transverse momentum in s(NN)**(1/2) = 200-GeV Au+Au and p+p collisions
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Event-by-event fluctuations of the average transverse momentum of produced particles near mid-rapidity have been measured by the PHENIX Collaboration in sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV Au+Au and p+p collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. The fluctuations are observed to be in excess of the expectation for statistically independent particle emission for all centralities. The excess fluctuations exhibit a dependence on both the centrality of the collision and on the transverse momentum window over which the average is calculated. Both the centrality and p_T dependence can be well reproduced by a simulation of random particle production with the addition of contributions from hard scattering processes.Note:
- 325 authors, 6 pages text, 3 figures, RevTeX 4. Minor revisions to address concerns of referees. Accepted for publication by Phys. Rev. Lett. on May 26, 2004. Plain text data tables for the points plotted in figures for this and previous PHENIX publications are publicly available at http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/papers.html
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- proton-proton inclusive interactions
- hard collision models
- statistical models (elementary particles)
- statistical models (nuclear)
- heavy ion-nucleus reactions
- nuclei with mass number 190 to 219
- p p: colliding beams
- p p: interaction
- nucleus nucleus: colliding beams
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