On Transverse Momentum Event--by--Event Fluctuations in String Hadronic Models
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2011-09-13 v1
Abstract
Transverse momentum event-by-event fluctuations are studied within the string-hadronic model of high energy nuclear collisions, LUCIAE. Data on non-statistical pT fluctuations in p+p interactions are reproduced. Fluctuations of similar magnitude are predicted for nucleus-nucleus collisions, in contradiction to the preliminary NA49 results. The introduction of a string clustering mechanism (Firecracker Model) leads to a further, significant increase of pT fluctuations for nucleus-nucleus collisions. Secondary hadronic interactions, as implemented in LUCIAE, cause only a small reduction of pT fluctuations.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9809320,
title = {On Transverse Momentum Event--by--Event Fluctuations in String Hadronic Models},
author = {Feng Liu and An Tai and Marek Gazdzicki and Reinhard Stock},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9809320},
year = {2011}
}
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13 pages