Systematics of Global Observables in Cu+Cu and Au+Au Collisions at RHIC Energies
- Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973-5000 (United States)
Charged particles produced in Cu+Cu collisions at {radical}(s{sub NN}) = 200 and 62.4 GeV have been measured in the PHOBOS experiment at RHIC. The comparison of the results for Cu+Cu and Au+Au for the most central collisions at the same energy reveals that the particle density per nucleon participant pair and the extended longitudinal scaling behavior are similar in both systems. This implies that for the most central events in symmetric nucleus-nucleus collisions the particle density per nucleon participant pair does not depend on the size of the two colliding nuclei but only on the collision energy. Also the extended longitudinal scaling seems independent of the colliding energy and species for central collisions. In addition, there is an overall factorization of dNch/d{eta} shapes as a function of collision centraliry between Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at the same energy.
- OSTI ID:
- 20875854
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 842, Issue 1; Conference: 17. international conference on particles and nuclei, Santa Fe, NM (United States), 23-30 Oct 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2220196; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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