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Event-by-Event Fluctuations

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v1 Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

In this review, we systematically examine the principles and the practices of fluctuations such as the momentum and the charge fluctuations as applied to the heavy ion collisions. Main emphases are: (i) Fluctuations as signals of phase transition (ii) Relationship between correlation functions and fluctuations (iii) Qualitative difference between fluctuations in small systems and large systems. Whenever available, theoretical results are compared with data from RHIC and SPS.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0304012,
  title  = {Event-by-Event Fluctuations},
  author = {Sangyong Jeon and Volker Koch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0304012},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

Review for "Quark-Gluon Plasma 3", eds. R.C. Hwa and X.-N. Wang, World Scientific, Singapore. 61 pages. 7 figures