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Centrality, system size and energy dependences of charged-particle pseudo-rapidity distribution

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2010-01-08 v2

Abstract

Utilizing the three-fireball picture within the quark combination model, we study systematically the charged particle pseudorapidity distributions in both Au+Au and Cu+Cu collision systems as a function of collision centrality and energy, sNN=\sqrt{s_{NN}}= 19.6, 62.4, 130 and 200 GeV, in full pseudorapidity range. We find that: (i)the contribution from leading particles to dNch/dηdN_{ch}/d\eta distributions increases with the decrease of the collision centrality and energy respectively; (ii)the number of the leading particles is almost independent of the collision energy, but it does depend on the nucleon participants NpartN_{part}; (iii)if Cu+Cu and Au+Au collisions at the same collision energy are selected to have the same NpartN_{part}, the resulting of charged particle dN/dηdN/d\eta distributions are nearly identical, both in the mid-rapidity particle density and the width of the distribution. This is true for both 62.4 GeV and 200 GeV data. (iv)the limiting fragmentation phenomenon is reproduced. (iiv) we predict the total multiplicity and pseudorapidity distribution for the charged particles in Pb+Pb collisions at sNN=5.5\sqrt{s_{NN}}= 5.5 TeV. Finally, we give a qualitative analysis of the Nch/<Npart/2>N_{ch}/<N_{part}/2> and dNch/dη/<Npart/2>η0dN_{ch}/d\eta/<N_{part}/2>|_{\eta\approx0} as function of sNN\sqrt{s_{NN}} and NpartN_{part} from RHIC to LHC.

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@article{arxiv.0802.2598,
  title  = {Centrality, system size and energy dependences of charged-particle pseudo-rapidity distribution},
  author = {De-ming Wei and Feng-lan Shao and Jun Song and Yun-fei Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.2598},
  year   = {2010}
}

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12 pages, 8 figures