Charged-particle multiplicity and pseudorapidity distributions measured with the PHOBOS detector in Au+Au, Cu+Cu, d+Au, and p+p collisions at ultrarelativistic energies

Journal Article · Tue Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2011 · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVC.83.024913· OSTI ID:21499437

Alver, B; Ballintijn, M; Busza, W; Decowski, M P; Gulbrandsen, K; Henderson, C; Kane, J L; Katzy, J; Kulinich, P; Li, W; Loizides, C; Pernegger, H; Reed, C; Roland, C; Roland, G; Rosenberg, L; Sarin, P; Steadman, S G; Stephans, G S. F.; Vale, C ^[1]

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1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)

Pseudorapidity distributions of charged particles emitted in Au+Au, Cu+Cu, d+Au, and p+p collisions over a wide energy range have been measured using the PHOBOS detector at the BNL Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC). The centrality dependence of both the charged particle distributions and the multiplicity at midrapidity were measured. Pseudorapidity distributions of charged particles emitted with |{eta}|<5.4, which account for between 95% and 99% of the total charged-particle emission associated with collision participants, are presented for different collision centralities. Both the midrapidity density dN{sub ch}/d{eta} and the total charged-particle multiplicity N{sub ch} are found to factorize into a product of independent functions of collision energy, {radical}(s{sub N{sub N}}), and centrality given in terms of the number of nucleons participating in the collision, N{sub part}. The total charged particle multiplicity, observed in these experiments and those at lower energies, assumes a linear dependence of (lns{sub N{sub N}}){sup 2} over the full range of collision energy of {radical}(s{sub N{sub N}})=2.7-200 GeV.

• OSTI ID: 21499437
• Journal Information: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 83, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.83.024913; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0556-2813
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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