Fluctuating hadronic cross sections and transverse energy distributions in nucleus-nucleus collisions

Journal Article · Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.47.2875· OSTI ID:6497132

Chaudhuri, A K ^[1]

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1. Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1-AF, Bidhan Nagar, Calcutta 700 064 (India)

The well-known QCD effect of color transparency or opacity induces fluctuations in the hadronic cross sections. We have investigated the effect of cross-section fluctuations in the transverse energy production in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions in the geometric model. The fluctuating cross sections are characterized by a normal distribution. The variance of the distribution is obtained by explicitly fitting the transverse energy cross-sectional data. Fluctuations, order of magnitude less than found in [ital NN] collisions, are obtained.

• OSTI ID: 6497132
• Journal Information: Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States), Vol. 47:6; ISSN 0556-2813
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
HEAVY ION REACTIONS
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
ENERGY SPECTRA
FLUCTUATIONS
INTEGRAL CROSS SECTIONS
RELATIVISTIC RANGE
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
CROSS SECTIONS
ENERGY RANGE
FIELD THEORIES
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
SPECTRA
VARIATIONS
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