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Title: Elastic parton scattering and nonstatistical event-by-event mean-p{sub t} fluctuations in Au+Au collisions at {radical}(s{sub NN})=130 and 200 GeV

Journal Article · · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
 [1];  [2]
  1. Department of Mathematics and Physics, Beijing Institute of Petro-chemical Technology, Beijing 102617 (China)
  2. CCAST (World Lab.), P. O. Box 8730, Beijing 100080 (China) and Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 918(4), Beijing 100039 (China)

Nonstatistical event-by-event mean-p{sub t} fluctuations in Au+Au collisions at {radical}(s{sub NN})=130 and 200 GeV are analyzed in the multiphase transport model (AMPT) with string melting, and the results are compared with STAR data. The analysis suggests that in-medium elastic parton scattering may contribute greatly to the mean-p{sub t} fluctuations in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that nonstatistical event-by-event mean-p{sub t} fluctuations can be used to probe the initial partonic dynamics in these collisions. The comparison shows that with an in-medium elastic parton-scattering cross section {sigma}{sub p}=10 mb, AMPT with string melting can well reproduce {radical}(s{sub NN})=130 GeV data on the centrality dependence of nonstatistical event-by-event mean-p{sub t} fluctuations. The comparison also shows that the fluctuation data for {radical}(s{sub NN})=200 GeV Au+Au collisions can be well reproduced with {sigma}{sub p} between 6 and 10 mb.

OSTI ID:
21189851
Journal Information:
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 77, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.034902; (c) 2008 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2813
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English