Statistical hadronization model approach to {radical}(s{sub NN})=200 GeV Au-Au collisions: p{sub T}-spectra fits and global variable predictions
- Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Wroclaw, Pl. Maksa Borna 9, PL-50-204 Wroclaw (Poland)
Three possible scenarios of the statistical hadronization model are reexamined with the use of the p{sub T} spectra of the PHENIX and very low p{sub T} PHOBOS measurements at {radical}(s{sub NN})=200 GeV. These scenarios are as follows: (a) full chemical nonequilibrium, (b) strangeness chemical nonequilibrium, and (c) chemical equilibrium. Fits to the spectra are done within the Cracow single-freeze-out model, which takes into account both the expansion and resonance decays. Predictions for spectra of {phi},K(892){sup *0}, and {pi}{sup 0} are also given. Global variables such as the transverse energy at midrapidity, the charged particle multiplicity at midrapidity, and the total multiplicity of charged particles are evaluated and their predicted values agree qualitatively well with the experimental data. The thorough analysis within this model suggests that the chemical full nonequilibrium case is the least likely and both other cases are of similar likelihood. It is also shown that if the full chemical nonequilibrium freeze-out took place it could manifest itself in the enhancement of the {pi}{sup 0} production at very low transverse momenta.
- OSTI ID:
- 20990966
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 75, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.75.014903; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2813
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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