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Energy dependence of intermittency for charged hadrons in Au+Au collisions at RHIC

Density fluctuations near the QCD critical point can be probed via an intermittency analysis in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. We report the first measurement of intermittency in Au+Au collisions at sNN = 7.7-200 GeV measured by the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)....

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Main Authors: Abdulhamid, Muhammad Ibrahim (Author) , Deppner, Ingo Martin (Author) , Herrmann, Norbert (Author) , Leung, Yue (Author) , Söhngen, Yannick (Author) , Weidenkaff, Philipp (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 10 October 2023
In: Physics letters
Year: 2023, Volume: 845, Pages: 1-9
ISSN:1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2023.138165
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2023.138165
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269323004999
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Summary:Density fluctuations near the QCD critical point can be probed via an intermittency analysis in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. We report the first measurement of intermittency in Au+Au collisions at sNN = 7.7-200 GeV measured by the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). The scaled factorial moments of identified charged hadrons are analyzed at mid-rapidity and within the transverse momentum phase space. We observe a power-law behavior of scaled factorial moments in Au+Au collisions and a decrease in the extracted scaling exponent (ν) from peripheral to central collisions. The ν is consistent with a constant for different collisions energies in the mid-central (10-40%) collisions. Moreover, the ν in the 0-5% most central Au+Au collisions exhibits a non-monotonic energy dependence that reaches a minimum around sNN = 27 GeV. The physics implications on the QCD phase structure are discussed.
Item Description:Online verfügbar 4 September 2023, Version des Artikels 18 September 2023
The STAR Collaboration: M.I. Abdulhamid, I.M. Deppner, N. Herrmann, Y.H. Leung, Y. Söhngen, P.C. Weidenkaff [und viele weitere]
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ISSN:1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2023.138165

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