Naslov
Identified particle production, azimuthal anisotropy, and interferometry measurements in Au+Au collisions at s(NN)**(1/2) = 9.2- GeV

Autori
Abelev, B.I. ; ... ; Planinić, Mirko ; ... ; Poljak, Nikola ; ...

Izvornik
Physical Review C (0556-2813) 81 (2010), 2; 024911-1

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Ključne riječi
heavy ion; scattering gold hadron; hadroproduction yield; ratio quantum chromodynamics; critical phenomena Brookhaven RHIC Coll angular distribution; anisotropy rapidity dependence STAR Hanbury-Brown-Twiss effect transverse momentum elliptic flow correlation; two-pion particle flow impact parameter; dependence freeze-out 9.2 GeV-cms/nucleon

Sažetak
We present the first measurements of identified hadron production, azimuthal anisotropy, and pion interferometry from Au+Au collisions below the nominal injection energy at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) facility. The data were collected using the large acceptance STAR detector at $\sqrt{; ; ; s_{; ; ; NN}; ; ; }; ; ; $ = 9.2 GeV from a test run of the collider in the year 2008. Midrapidity results on multiplicity density (dN/dy) in rapidity (y), average transverse momentum (<pT>), particle ratios, elliptic flow, and HBT radii are consistent with the corresponding results at similar $\sqrt{; ; ; s_{; ; ; NN}; ; ; }; ; ; $ from fixed target experiments. Directed flow measurements are presented for both midrapidity and forward rapidity regions. Furthermore the collision centrality dependence of identified particle dN/dy, <pT>, and particle ratios are discussed. These results also demonstrate the readiness of the STAR detector to undertake the proposed QCD critical point search and the exploration of the QCD phase diagram at RHIC.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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Fizika

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