English

Event-by-event average $p_T$ fluctuations in PHENIX: measurements and jet contribution simulations

Nuclear Experiment 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Small, but significant non-random fluctuations in event-by-event average pTp_T have been observed in Au+Au collisions at sNN=200\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200 GeV by the PHENIX collaboration at RHIC. These are consistent with being caused by correlations due to jets at large pTp_T, where the measured suppression must be included to reproduce the centrality dependence of the non-random fluctuations.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-ex/0403048,
  title  = {Event-by-event average $p_T$ fluctuations in PHENIX: measurements and jet contribution simulations},
  author = {M. J. Tannenbaum},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-ex/0403048},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

4 pages, 4 figures, contribution to the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (Quark Matter 2004), to appear in Journal of Physics G