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Charged particle multiplicity studies with PHOBOS.

Conference ·
OSTI ID:994044
Summary and conclusion: (1) Multiplicity - PHOBOS have performed complete charged particle multiplicity measurements for Au+Au, Cu+Cu, d+Au, and p+p collisions, System size dependence, and 'Complete' pseudorapidity distributions; 'Universality' compared to elementary e+e- collisions; and (2) Midrapidity multiplicity - Factorization of centrality and energy dependencies; (3) Limiting fragmentation - extended longitudinal scaling - Seen for Au+Au, Cu+Cu, and d+Au, Also observed in flow observables; (4) Total charged particle multiplicity - N{sub ch}/N{sub part} constant with centrality, (5) Future - Finish up many analysis and reviews.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
Sponsoring Organization:
SC; NSF; Polish KBN Grant; NSC of Taiwan; Hungarian OTKA Grant
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
994044
Report Number(s):
ANL/PHY/CP-59303
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH

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