Scaling Properties of Fluctuation and Correlation Results from PHENIX
Abstract
Recent surveys of multiplicity fluctuations, transverse momentum fluctuations, and two-particle azimuthal correlations are presented for several collision systems as a function of centrality and transverse momentum. Both multiplicity and transverse momentum fluctuations exhibit a power law scaling as a function of the number of participants that is independent of the collision system. Although these observations are consistent with critical behavior, the critical exponent measured using azimuthal correlations is seen to be independent of centrality and collision system. Also observed in the azimuthal correlations is a displaced away side peak in central Au+Au collisions when the pairs are restricted to low transverse momentum.
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@article{arxiv.nucl-ex/0701062,
title = {Scaling Properties of Fluctuation and Correlation Results from PHENIX},
author = {J. T. Mitchell},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-ex/0701062},
year = {2008}
}
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4 pages, 6 figures. Presented at the 19th International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions, "Quark Matter 2006", Shanghai, China, November 14-20, 2006