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New results on event-by-event ratio fluctuations in Pb+Pb collisions at CERN SPS energies
Event-by-event fluctuations of produced particle multiplicities are believed to be sensitive to a deconfinement phase transition and the critical point of strongly interacting matter. The NA49 collaboration has conducted a systematic study of various fluctuation observables. In this contribution, re...
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Acceso en línea: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/38/12/124096 http://cds.cern.ch/record/1366509 |
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author | Schuster, Tim |
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description | Event-by-event fluctuations of produced particle multiplicities are believed to be sensitive to a deconfinement phase transition and the critical point of strongly interacting matter. The NA49 collaboration has conducted a systematic study of various fluctuation observables. In this contribution, recent results on hadron ratio fluctuations in central Pb+Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 6.3 to 17.3 GeV are reported. These results are complemented by the centrality dependence of hadron ratio fluctuations at sqrt(s_NN) = 17.3 GeV. A universal scaling was found, describing the energy and centrality dependence of the (K++ K-)/({\pi}++ {\pi}-) and (p + pbar)/({\pi}++ {\pi}-) ratio fluctuations purely by a change in the observed average hadron multiplicities. This scaling is broken for the fluctuations of the (K+ + K-)/(p + pbar) and K+/p ratios, possibly hinting at a change in the baryon number-strangeness correlation. |
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spelling | cern-13665092020-03-12T03:52:47Zdoi:10.1088/0954-3899/38/12/124096doi:10.1088/0954-3899/38/12/124096http://cds.cern.ch/record/1366509engSchuster, TimNew results on event-by-event ratio fluctuations in Pb+Pb collisions at CERN SPS energiesnucl-exNuclear Physics - ExperimentEvent-by-event fluctuations of produced particle multiplicities are believed to be sensitive to a deconfinement phase transition and the critical point of strongly interacting matter. The NA49 collaboration has conducted a systematic study of various fluctuation observables. In this contribution, recent results on hadron ratio fluctuations in central Pb+Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 6.3 to 17.3 GeV are reported. These results are complemented by the centrality dependence of hadron ratio fluctuations at sqrt(s_NN) = 17.3 GeV. A universal scaling was found, describing the energy and centrality dependence of the (K++ K-)/({\pi}++ {\pi}-) and (p + pbar)/({\pi}++ {\pi}-) ratio fluctuations purely by a change in the observed average hadron multiplicities. This scaling is broken for the fluctuations of the (K+ + K-)/(p + pbar) and K+/p ratios, possibly hinting at a change in the baryon number-strangeness correlation.Event-by-event fluctuations of produced particle multiplicities are believed to be sensitive to a deconfinement phase transition and the critical point of strongly interacting matter. The NA49 collaboration has conducted a systematic study of various fluctuation observables. In this contribution, recent results on hadron ratio fluctuations in central Pb+Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 6.3 to 17.3 GeV are reported. These results are complemented by the centrality dependence of hadron ratio fluctuations at sqrt(s_NN) = 17.3 GeV. A universal scaling was found, describing the energy and centrality dependence of the (K++ K-)/({\pi}++ {\pi}-) and (p + pbar)/({\pi}++ {\pi}-) ratio fluctuations purely by a change in the observed average hadron multiplicities. This scaling is broken for the fluctuations of the (K+ + K-)/(p + pbar) and K+/p ratios, possibly hinting at a change in the baryon number-strangeness correlation.arXiv:1107.1579oai:cds.cern.ch:13665092011-07-11 |
spellingShingle | nucl-ex Nuclear Physics - Experiment Schuster, Tim New results on event-by-event ratio fluctuations in Pb+Pb collisions at CERN SPS energies |
title | New results on event-by-event ratio fluctuations in Pb+Pb collisions at CERN SPS energies |
title_full | New results on event-by-event ratio fluctuations in Pb+Pb collisions at CERN SPS energies |
title_fullStr | New results on event-by-event ratio fluctuations in Pb+Pb collisions at CERN SPS energies |
title_full_unstemmed | New results on event-by-event ratio fluctuations in Pb+Pb collisions at CERN SPS energies |
title_short | New results on event-by-event ratio fluctuations in Pb+Pb collisions at CERN SPS energies |
title_sort | new results on event-by-event ratio fluctuations in pb+pb collisions at cern sps energies |
topic | nucl-ex Nuclear Physics - Experiment |
url | https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/38/12/124096 https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/38/12/124096 http://cds.cern.ch/record/1366509 |
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