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Predictions for net-proton and net-kaon distributions at LHC energies

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2014-11-20 v2

Abstract

We investigate baryon and charge transport in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, compare with Au + Au RHIC data at sqrt(s_NN)=0.2 TeV, and make predictions for net-proton rapidity distributions in central Pb + Pb collisions at CERN LHC energies of sqrt(s_NN)=2.8, 3.9, and 5.5 TeV. We use the gluon saturation model and put special emphasis on the midrapidity valley |y|< 2. Net-kaon distributions are calculated and compared to BRAHMS Au + Au data at RHIC energies of sqrt(s_NN)= 0.2 TeV, and predicted for Pb + Pb at 5.5 TeV.

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@article{arxiv.1001.3617,
  title  = {Predictions for net-proton and net-kaon distributions at LHC energies},
  author = {Yacine Mehtar-Tani and Georg Wolschin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.3617},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

10 pages, 4 figures; added remarks, results unchanged