Measuring Dynamical K/$\pi$ and p/$\pi$ Fluctuations in Au+Au Collisions from the STAR Experiment
Abstract
Results from new measurements of dynamical and ratio fluctuations are presented. Dynamical fluctuations in global conserved quantities such as baryon number, strangeness, or charge may be observed near a QCD critical point. The STAR experiment has previously acquired data in Au+Au collisions at the energies = 200, 130, 62.4, and 19.6 GeV and Cu+Cu collisions at = 200, 62.4, and 22.4 GeV. The commencing of a QCD critical point search at RHIC has extended the reach of possible measurements of dynamical and ratio fluctuations from Au+Au collisions to lower energies. New results are compared to previous measurements and to theoretical predictions from the UrQMD model.
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@article{arxiv.1101.3351,
title = {Measuring Dynamical K/$\pi$ and p/$\pi$ Fluctuations in Au+Au Collisions from the STAR Experiment},
author = {Terence Tarnowsky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.3351},
year = {2015}
}
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10 pages, 5 figures, To be published in the proceedings of CPOD 2010, Dubna, Russia, August 2010, Yadernaya Fizika (Physics of Atomic Nuclei)