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Event texture search for critical fluctuations in Pb + Pb collisions
NA44 uses a 512 channel Si pad array covering $1.5 <\eta < 3.3$ to study charged hadron production in 158 A GeV Pb+Pb collisions at the CERN SPS. We apply a multiresolution analysis, based on a Discrete Wavelet Transformation, to probe the texture of particle distributions event-by-event, by s...
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Acceso en línea: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0375-9474(01)01450-6 http://cds.cern.ch/record/493567 |
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author | Kopytine, Mikhail L. Bearden, I. Boggild, H. Boissevain, J. Conin, L. Dodd, J. Erazmus, B. Esumi, S. Fabjan, C.W. Ferenc, D. Fields, D.E. Franz, A. Gaardhoje, J.J. Hansen, A.G. Hansen, O. Hardtke, D. van Hecke, H. Holzer, E.B. Humanic, T.J. Hummel, P. Jacak, B.V. Jayanti, R. Kaimi, K. Kaneta, M. Kohama, T. Leltchouk, M. Ljubicic, A., Jr. Lorstad, B. Maeda, N. Martin, L. Medvedev, A. Murray, M. Ohnishi, H. Paic, G. Pandey, S.U. Piuz, F. Pluta, J. Polychronakos, V. Potekhin, M. Poulard, G. Reichhold, D. Sakaguchi, A. Schmidt-Sorensen, J. Simon-Gillo, J. Sondheim, W. Sugitate, T. Sullivan, J.P. Sumi, Y. Willis, W.J. Wolf, K.L. Xu, N. Zachary, D.S. |
author_facet | Kopytine, Mikhail L. Bearden, I. Boggild, H. Boissevain, J. Conin, L. Dodd, J. Erazmus, B. Esumi, S. Fabjan, C.W. Ferenc, D. Fields, D.E. Franz, A. Gaardhoje, J.J. Hansen, A.G. Hansen, O. Hardtke, D. van Hecke, H. Holzer, E.B. Humanic, T.J. Hummel, P. Jacak, B.V. Jayanti, R. Kaimi, K. Kaneta, M. Kohama, T. Leltchouk, M. Ljubicic, A., Jr. Lorstad, B. Maeda, N. Martin, L. Medvedev, A. Murray, M. Ohnishi, H. Paic, G. Pandey, S.U. Piuz, F. Pluta, J. Polychronakos, V. Potekhin, M. Poulard, G. Reichhold, D. Sakaguchi, A. Schmidt-Sorensen, J. Simon-Gillo, J. Sondheim, W. Sugitate, T. Sullivan, J.P. Sumi, Y. Willis, W.J. Wolf, K.L. Xu, N. Zachary, D.S. |
author_sort | Kopytine, Mikhail L. |
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description | NA44 uses a 512 channel Si pad array covering $1.5 <\eta < 3.3$ to study charged hadron production in 158 A GeV Pb+Pb collisions at the CERN SPS. We apply a multiresolution analysis, based on a Discrete Wavelet Transformation, to probe the texture of particle distributions event-by-event, by simultaneous localization of features in space and scale. Scanning a broad range of multiplicities, we look for a possible critical behaviour in the power spectra of local density fluctuations. The data are compared with detailed simulations of detector response, using heavy ion event generators, and with a reference sample created via event mixing. An upper limit is set on the probability and magnitude of dynamical fluctuations. |
id | cern-493567 |
institution | Organización Europea para la Investigación Nuclear |
language | eng |
publishDate | 2001 |
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spelling | cern-4935672023-03-12T20:49:57Zdoi:10.1016/S0375-9474(01)01450-6http://cds.cern.ch/record/493567engKopytine, Mikhail L.Bearden, I.Boggild, H.Boissevain, J.Conin, L.Dodd, J.Erazmus, B.Esumi, S.Fabjan, C.W.Ferenc, D.Fields, D.E.Franz, A.Gaardhoje, J.J.Hansen, A.G.Hansen, O.Hardtke, D.van Hecke, H.Holzer, E.B.Humanic, T.J.Hummel, P.Jacak, B.V.Jayanti, R.Kaimi, K.Kaneta, M.Kohama, T.Leltchouk, M.Ljubicic, A., Jr.Lorstad, B.Maeda, N.Martin, L.Medvedev, A.Murray, M.Ohnishi, H.Paic, G.Pandey, S.U.Piuz, F.Pluta, J.Polychronakos, V.Potekhin, M.Poulard, G.Reichhold, D.Sakaguchi, A.Schmidt-Sorensen, J.Simon-Gillo, J.Sondheim, W.Sugitate, T.Sullivan, J.P.Sumi, Y.Willis, W.J.Wolf, K.L.Xu, N.Zachary, D.S.Event texture search for critical fluctuations in Pb + Pb collisionsNuclear Physics - ExperimentNA44 uses a 512 channel Si pad array covering $1.5 <\eta < 3.3$ to study charged hadron production in 158 A GeV Pb+Pb collisions at the CERN SPS. We apply a multiresolution analysis, based on a Discrete Wavelet Transformation, to probe the texture of particle distributions event-by-event, by simultaneous localization of features in space and scale. Scanning a broad range of multiplicities, we look for a possible critical behaviour in the power spectra of local density fluctuations. The data are compared with detailed simulations of detector response, using heavy ion event generators, and with a reference sample created via event mixing. An upper limit is set on the probability and magnitude of dynamical fluctuations.NA44 uses a 512 channel Si pad array covering $1.5 <\eta < 3.3$ to study charged hadron production in 158 A GeV Pb+Pb collisions at the CERN SPS. We apply a multiresolution analysis, based on a Discrete Wavelet Transformation, to probe the texture of particle distributions event-by-event, by simultaneous localization of features in space and scale. Scanning a broad range of multiplicities, we look for a possible critical behaviour in the power spectra of local density fluctuations. The data are compared with detailed simulations of detector response, using heavy ion event generators, and with a reference sample created via event mixing. An upper limit is set on the probability and magnitude of dynamical fluctuations.nucl-ex/0104002oai:cds.cern.ch:4935672001-04-02 |
spellingShingle | Nuclear Physics - Experiment Kopytine, Mikhail L. Bearden, I. Boggild, H. Boissevain, J. Conin, L. Dodd, J. Erazmus, B. Esumi, S. Fabjan, C.W. Ferenc, D. Fields, D.E. Franz, A. Gaardhoje, J.J. Hansen, A.G. Hansen, O. Hardtke, D. van Hecke, H. Holzer, E.B. Humanic, T.J. Hummel, P. Jacak, B.V. Jayanti, R. Kaimi, K. Kaneta, M. Kohama, T. Leltchouk, M. Ljubicic, A., Jr. Lorstad, B. Maeda, N. Martin, L. Medvedev, A. Murray, M. Ohnishi, H. Paic, G. Pandey, S.U. Piuz, F. Pluta, J. Polychronakos, V. Potekhin, M. Poulard, G. Reichhold, D. Sakaguchi, A. Schmidt-Sorensen, J. Simon-Gillo, J. Sondheim, W. Sugitate, T. Sullivan, J.P. Sumi, Y. Willis, W.J. Wolf, K.L. Xu, N. Zachary, D.S. Event texture search for critical fluctuations in Pb + Pb collisions |
title | Event texture search for critical fluctuations in Pb + Pb collisions |
title_full | Event texture search for critical fluctuations in Pb + Pb collisions |
title_fullStr | Event texture search for critical fluctuations in Pb + Pb collisions |
title_full_unstemmed | Event texture search for critical fluctuations in Pb + Pb collisions |
title_short | Event texture search for critical fluctuations in Pb + Pb collisions |
title_sort | event texture search for critical fluctuations in pb + pb collisions |
topic | Nuclear Physics - Experiment |
url | https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0375-9474(01)01450-6 http://cds.cern.ch/record/493567 |
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