First Results from Photon Multiplicity Detector at RHIC
Nuclear Experiment
2015-06-26 v1
Abstract
We present the first measurement of multiplicity and pseudorapidity distributions of photons in the pseudorapidity region 2.3 < eta < 3.7 for different centralities in Au + Au collisions at sqrt{s_NN} = 62.4 GeV. The pseudorapidity distribution of photons, dominated by neutral pion decays, has been compared to those of identified charged pions, photons, and inclusive charged particles from heavy ion and nucleon-nucleon collisions at various energies. Scaling of photon yield with number of participating nucleons and limiting fragmentation scenario for inclusive photon production has been studied.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-ex/0509039,
title = {First Results from Photon Multiplicity Detector at RHIC},
author = {Bedangadas Mohanty},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-ex/0509039},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Talk given at 5th International Conference on Physics and Astrophysics of Quark Gluon Plasma (February 8 - 12, 2005); 4 pages and 6 figures