Measurements of Transverse Energy Distributions in Au+Au Collisions at {radical}s{sub NN} = 200 GeV

Journal Article · Fri Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 2004 · Physical Review C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.70.054907· OSTI ID:841711

Adams, J; Aggarwal, M M; Ahammed, Z; Amonett, J; Anderson, B D; Arkhipkin, D; Averichev, G S; Bai, Y; Balewski, J; Barannikova, O; Barnby, L S; Baudot, J; Bekele, S; Belaga, V V; Bellwied, R; Berger, J; Bezverkhny, B I; Bharadwaj, S; Bhatia, V S; Bichsel, H ; Billmeier, A; Bland, L C; Blyth, C O; Bonner, B E; Boucham, A; Botje, M; Brandin, A; Bravar, A; Bystersky, M; Cadman, R V; Cai, X Z; Caines, H; Carroll, J; Castillo, J; Cebra, D; Chajecki, Z; Chaloupka, P; Chattopdhyay, S; Chen, H F; Chen, Y; Cheng, J; Cherney, M; Chikanian, A; Christie, W; Coffin, J P; Cormier, T M; Cramer, J G; Crawford, H J; Das, D; Das, S; de Moura, M M; Derevschikov, A A; Didenko, L; Dietel, T; Dong, W J; Dong, X; Draper, J E; Du, F; Dubey, A K; Dunin, V B; Dunlop, J C; Dutta Mazumdar, M R; Eckardt, V; Edwards, W R; Efimov, L G; Emelianov, V; Engelage, J; Eppley, G; Erazmus, B; Estienne, M; Fachini, P; Faivre, J; Fatemi, R; Filimonov, K; Finch, E; Fine, V; Fisyak, Y; Foley, K J; Fomenko, K; Fu, J; Gagliardi, C A; Gans, J; Ganti, M S; Gaudichet, L; Geurts, F; Ghazikhanian, V; Ghosh, P; Gonzalez, J E; Grachov, O; Grebenyuk, O; Grosnick, D; Guertin, S M; Guo, Y; Gupta, A; Gutierrez, T D; Hallman, T J; Hamed, A; Hardtke, D; Harris, J W; Heinz, M; Henry, T W; Hepplemann, S; Hippolyte, B; Hirsch, A; Hjort, E; Hoffmann, G W; Huang, H Z; Huang, S L; Hughes, E W; Humanic, T J; Igo, G; Ishihara, A; Jacobs, P; Jacobs, W W; Janik, M; Jiang, H; Jones, P G; Judd, E G; Kabana, S; Kang, K; Kaplan, M; Keane, D; Khodyrev, V Yu; Kiryluk, J; Kisiel, A; Kislov, E M; Klay, J; Klein, S R; Klyachko, A; Koetke, D D; Kollegger, T; Kopytine, M; Kotchenda, L; Kramer, M; Kravtsov, P; Kravtsov, V I; Krueger, K; Kuhn, C; Kulikov, A I; Kumar, A; Kunz, C L; Kutuev, R Kh; Kuznetsov, A A; Lamont, M A.C.

Transverse energy (E{sub T}) distributions have been measured for Au+Au collisions at {radical}s{sub NN} = 200 GeV by the STAR collaboration at RHIC. E{sub T} is constructed from its hadronic and electromagnetic components, which have been measured separately. E{sub T} production for the most central collisions is well described by several theoretical models whose common feature is large energy density achieved early in the fireball evolution. The magnitude and centrality dependence of E{sub T} per charged particle agrees well with measurements at lower collision energy, indicating that the growth in E{sub T} for larger collision energy results from the growth in particle production. The electromagnetic fraction of the total E{sub T} is consistent with a final state dominated by mesons and independent of centrality.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Director. Office of Science. Office of Nuclear Physics; National Science Foundation (NSF); BMBF Germany, IN2P3 and RA and RPL and EMN France, EPSRC United Kingdom, FAPESP Brazil, Russian Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and NNSFC China, Grant Agency Czech Republic, FOM and UU The Netherlands, DAE and DST and CSIR India, Swiss National Science Foundation, Polish State Committee for Scientific Research (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 841711
• Report Number(s): LBNL-56890; R&D Project: NRNC; TRN: US0502637
• Journal Information: Physical Review C, Vol. 70, Issue 5; Other Information: Submitted to Physical Review C: Volume 70; Journal Publication Date: 11/23/2004; PBD: 2 Jul 2004; ISSN 0556--2813
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
CHARGED PARTICLES
ENERGY DENSITY
MESONS
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PRODUCTION
TRANSVERSE ENERGY