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Title: Impact of resonance decays on critical point signals in net-proton fluctuations

Journal Article · · European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields
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The non-monotonic beam energy dependence of the higher cumulants of net-proton fluctuations is a widely studied signature of the conjectured presence of a critical point in the QCD phase diagram. In this work we study the effect of resonance decays on critical fluctuations. We show that resonance effects reduce the signatures of critical fluctuations, but that for reasonable parameter choices critical effects in the net-proton cumulants survive. The relative role of resonance decays has a weak dependence on the order of the cumulants studied with a slightly stronger suppression of critical effects for higher-order cumulants.

Research Organization:
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (United States); Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Contributing Organization:
Univ. of Nantes (France)
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-03ER41260; FG02-05ER41367
OSTI ID:
1349709
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1361684
Journal Information:
European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields, Journal Name: European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields Vol. 77 Journal Issue: 4; ISSN 1434-6044
Publisher:
Springer Science + Business MediaCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 21 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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