1. Collision energy dependence of moments of net-kaon multiplicity distributions at RHIC
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L. Adamczyk, J.R. Adams, J.K. Adkins, G. Agakishiev, M.M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, N.N. Ajitanand, I. Alekseev, D.M. Anderson, R. Aoyama, A. Aparin, D. Arkhipkin, E.C. Aschenauer, M.U. Ashraf, A. Attri, G.S. Averichev, X. Bai, V. Bairathi, K. Barish, A. Behera, R. Bellwied, A. Bhasin, A.K. Bhati, P. Bhattarai, J. Bielcik, J. Bielcikova, L.C. Bland, I.G. Bordyuzhin, J. Bouchet, J.D. Brandenburg, A.V. Brandin, D. Brown, I. Bunzarov, J. Butterworth, H. Caines, M. Calderón de la Barca Sánchez, J.M. Campbell, D. Cebra, I. Chakaberia, P. Chaloupka, Z. Chang, N. Chankova-Bunzarova, A. Chatterjee, S. Chattopadhyay, J.H. Chen, X. Chen, J. Cheng, M. Cherney, W. Christie, G. Contin, H.J. Crawford, S. Das, L.C. De Silva, R.R. Debbe, T.G. Dedovich, J. Deng, A.A. Derevschikov, L. Didenko, C. Dilks, X. Dong, J.L. Drachenberg, J.E. Draper, L.E. Dunkelberger, J.C. Dunlop, L.G. Efimov, N. Elsey, J. Engelage, G. Eppley, R. Esha, S. Esumi, O. Evdokimov, J. Ewigleben, O. Eyser, R. Fatemi, S. Fazio, P. Federic, P. Federicova, J. Fedorisin, Z. Feng, P. Filip, E. Finch, Y. Fisyak, C.E. Flores, J. Fujita, L. Fulek, C.A. Gagliardi, D. Garand, F. Geurts, A. Gibson, M. Girard, D. Grosnick, D.S. Gunarathne, Y. Guo, S. Gupta, A. Gupta, W. Guryn, A.I. Hamad, A. Hamed, A. Harlenderova, J.W. Harris, L. He, S. Heppelmann, A. Hirsch, G.W. Hoffmann, S. Horvat, X. Huang, H.Z. Huang, T. Huang, B. Huang, T.J. Humanic, P. Huo, G. Igo, W.W. Jacobs, A. Jentsch, J. Jia, K. Jiang, S. Jowzaee, E.G. Judd, S. Kabana, D. Kalinkin, K. Kang, D. Kapukchyan, K. Kauder, H.W. Ke, D. Keane, A. Kechechyan, Z. Khan, D.P. Kikoła, C. Kim, I. Kisel, A. Kisiel, L. Kochenda, M. Kocmanek, T. Kollegger, L.K. Kosarzewski, A.F. Kraishan, L. Krauth, P. Kravtsov, K. Krueger, N. Kulathunga, L. Kumar, J. Kvapil, J.H. Kwasizur, R. Lacey, J.M. Landgraf, K.D. Landry, J. Lauret, A. Lebedev, R. Lednicky, J.H. Lee, C. Li, W. Li, Y. Li, X. Li, J. Lidrych, T. Lin, M.A. Lisa, P. Liu, F. Liu, H. Liu, Y. Liu, T. Ljubicic, W.J. Llope, M. Lomnitz, R.S. Longacre, X. Luo, S. Luo, G.L. Ma, L. Ma, Y.G. Ma, R. Ma, N. Magdy, R. Majka, D. Mallick, S. Margetis, C. Markert, H.S. Matis, K. Meehan, J.C. Mei, Z.W. Miller, N.G. Minaev, S. Mioduszewski, D. Mishra, S. Mizuno, B. Mohanty, M.M. Mondal, D.A. Morozov, M.K. Mustafa, Md. Nasim, T.K. Nayak, J.M. Nelson, M. Nie, G. Nigmatkulov, T. Niida, L.V. Nogach, T. Nonaka, S.B. Nurushev, G. Odyniec, A. Ogawa, K. Oh, V.A. Okorokov, D. Olvitt, B.S. Page, R. Pak, Y. Pandit, Y. Panebratsev, B. Pawlik, H. Pei, C. Perkins, P. Pile, J. Pluta, K. Poniatowska, J. Porter, M. Posik, N.K. Pruthi, M. Przybycien, J. Putschke, H. Qiu, A. Quintero, S. Ramachandran, R.L. Ray, R. Reed, M.J. Rehbein, H.G. Ritter, J.B. Roberts, O.V. Rogachevskiy, J.L. Romero, J.D. Roth, L. Ruan, J. Rusnak, O. Rusnakova, N.R. Sahoo, P.K. Sahu, S. Salur, J. Sandweiss, A. Sarkar, M. Saur, J. Schambach, A.M. Schmah, W.B. Schmidke, N. Schmitz, B.R. Schweid, J. Seger, M. Sergeeva, R. Seto, P. Seyboth, N. Shah, E. Shahaliev, P.V. Shanmuganathan, M. Shao, M.K. Sharma, A. Sharma, W.Q. Shen, Z. Shi, S.S. Shi, Q.Y. Shou, E.P. Sichtermann, R. Sikora, M. Simko, S. Singha, M.J. Skoby, D. Smirnov, N. Smirnov, W. Solyst, L. Song, P. Sorensen, H.M. Spinka, B. Srivastava, T.D.S. Stanislaus, M. Strikhanov, B. Stringfellow, T. Sugiura, M. Sumbera, B. Summa, X.M. Sun, Y. Sun, X. Sun, B. Surrow, D.N. Svirida, A.H. Tang, Z. Tang, A. Taranenko, T. Tarnowsky, A. Tawfik, J. Thäder, J.H. Thomas, A.R. Timmins, D. Tlusty, T. Todoroki, M. Tokarev, S. Trentalange, R.E. Tribble, P. Tribedy, S.K. Tripathy, B.A. Trzeciak, O.D. Tsai, T. Ullrich, D.G. Underwood, I. Upsal, G. Van Buren, G. van Nieuwenhuizen, A.N. Vasiliev, F. Videbæk, S. Vokal, S.A. Voloshin, A. Vossen, F. Wang, Y. Wang, G. Wang, J.C. Webb, G. Webb, L. Wen, G.D. Westfall, H. Wieman, S.W. Wissink, R. Witt, Y. Wu, Z.G. Xiao, G. Xie, W. Xie, Z. Xu, N. Xu, Y.F. Xu, Q.H. Xu, J. Xu, Q. Yang, C. Yang, S. Yang, Y. Yang, Z. Ye, L. Yi, K. Yip, I.-K. Yoo, N. Yu, H. Zbroszczyk, W. Zha, X.P. Zhang, S. Zhang, J.B. Zhang, J. Zhang, Z. Zhang, Y. Zhang, J. Zhao, C. Zhong, L. Zhou, C. Zhou, Z. Zhu, X. Zhu, M. Zyzak, Adamczyk, L., Adams, J. R., Adkins, J. K., Agakishiev, G., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Ajitanand, N. N., Alekseev, I., Anderson, D. M., Aoyama, R., Aparin, A., Arkhipkin, D., Aschenauer, E. C., Ashraf, M. U., Attri, A., Averichev, G. S., Bai, X., Bairathi, V., Barish, K., Behera, A., Bellwied, R., Bhasin, A., Bhati, A. K., Bhattarai, P., Bielcik, J., Bielcikova, J., Bland, L. C., Bordyuzhin, I. G., Bouchet, J., Brandenburg, J. D., Brandin, A. V., Brown, D., Bunzarov, I., Butterworth, J., Caines, H., Calderón de la Barca Sánchez, M., Campbell, J. M., Cebra, D., Chakaberia, I., Chaloupka, P., Chang, Z., Chankova-Bunzarova, N., Chatterjee, A., Chattopadhyay, S., Chen, J. H., Chen, X., Cheng, J., Cherney, M., Christie, W., Contin, G., Crawford, H. J., Das, S., De Silva, L. C., Debbe, R. R., Dedovich, T. G., Deng, J., Derevschikov, A. A., Didenko, L., Dilks, C., Dong, X., Drachenberg, J. L., Draper, J. E., Dunkelberger, L. E., Dunlop, J. C., Efimov, L. G., Elsey, N., Engelage, J., Eppley, G., Esha, R., Esumi, S., Evdokimov, O., Ewigleben, J., Eyser, O., Fatemi, R., Fazio, S., Federic, P., Federicova, P., Fedorisin, J., Feng, Z., Filip, P., Finch, E., Fisyak, Y., Flores, C. E., Fujita, J., Fulek, L., Gagliardi, C. A., Garand, D., Geurts, F., Gibson, A., Girard, M., Grosnick, D., Gunarathne, D. S., Guo, Y., Gupta, S., Gupta, A., Guryn, W., Hamad, A. I., Hamed, A., Harlenderova, A., Harris, J. W., He, L., Heppelmann, S., Hirsch, A., Hoffmann, G. W., Horvat, S., Huang, X., Huang, H. Z., Huang, T., Huang, B., Humanic, T. J., Huo, P., Igo, G., Jacobs, W. W., Jentsch, A., Jia, J., Jiang, K., Jowzaee, S., Judd, E. G., Kabana, S., Kalinkin, D., Kang, K., Kapukchyan, D., Kauder, K., Ke, H. W., Keane, D., Kechechyan, A., Khan, Z., Kikoła, D. P., Kim, C., Kisel, I., Kisiel, A., Kochenda, L., Kocmanek, M., Kollegger, T., Kosarzewski, L. K., Kraishan, A. F., Krauth, L., Kravtsov, P., Krueger, K., Kulathunga, N., Kumar, L., Kvapil, J., Kwasizur, J. H., Lacey, R., Landgraf, J. M., Landry, K. D., Lauret, J., Lebedev, A., Lednicky, R., Lee, J. H., Li, C., Li, W., Li, Y., Li, X., Lidrych, J., Lin, T., Lisa, M. A., Liu, P., Liu, F., Liu, H., Liu, Y., Ljubicic, T., Llope, W. J., Lomnitz, M., Longacre, R. S., Luo, X., Luo, S., Ma, G. L., Ma, L., Ma, Y. G., Ma, R., Magdy, N., Majka, R., Mallick, D., Margetis, S., Markert, C., Matis, H. S., Meehan, K., Mei, J. C., Miller, Z. W., Minaev, N. G., Mioduszewski, S., Mishra, D., Mizuno, S., Mohanty, B., Mondal, M. M., Morozov, D. A., Mustafa, M. K., Nasim, Md., Nayak, T. K., Nelson, J. M., Nie, M., Nigmatkulov, G., Niida, T., Nogach, L. V., Nonaka, T., Nurushev, S. B., Odyniec, G., Ogawa, A., Oh, K., Okorokov, V. A., Olvitt, D., Page, B. S., Pak, R., Pandit, Y., Panebratsev, Y., Pawlik, B., Pei, H., Perkins, C., Pile, P., Pluta, J., Poniatowska, K., Porter, J., Posik, M., Pruthi, N. K., Przybycien, M., Putschke, J., Qiu, H., Quintero, A., Ramachandran, S., Ray, R. L., Reed, R., Rehbein, M. J., Ritter, H. G., Roberts, J. B., Rogachevskiy, O. V., Romero, J. L., Roth, J. D., Ruan, L., Rusnak, J., Rusnakova, O., Sahoo, N. R., Sahu, P. K., Salur, S., Sandweiss, J., Sarkar, A., Saur, M., Schambach, J., Schmah, A. M., Schmidke, W. B., Schmitz, N., Schweid, B. R., Seger, J., Sergeeva, M., Seto, R., Seyboth, P., Shah, N., Shahaliev, E., Shanmuganathan, P. V., Shao, M., Sharma, M. K., Sharma, A., Shen, W. Q., Shi, Z., Shi, S. S., Shou, Q. Y., Sichtermann, E. P., Sikora, R., Simko, M., Singha, S., Skoby, M. J., Smirnov, D., Smirnov, N., Solyst, W., Song, L., Sorensen, P., Spinka, H. M., Srivastava, B., Stanislaus, T. D. S., Strikhanov, M., Stringfellow, B., Sugiura, T., Sumbera, M., Summa, B., Sun, X. M., Sun, Y., Sun, X., Surrow, B., Svirida, D. N., Tang, A. H., Tang, Z., Taranenko, A., Tarnowsky, T., Tawfik, A., Thäder, J., Thomas, J. H., Timmins, A. R., Tlusty, D., Todoroki, T., Tokarev, M., Trentalange, S., Tribble, R. E., Tribedy, P., Tripathy, S. K., Trzeciak, B. A., Tsai, O. D., Ullrich, T., Underwood, D. G., Upsal, I., Van Buren, G., van Nieuwenhuizen, G., Vasiliev, A. N., Videbæk, F., Vokal, S., Voloshin, S. A., Vossen, A., Wang, F., Wang, Y., Wang, G., Webb, J. C., Webb, G., Wen, L., Westfall, G. D., Wieman, H., Wissink, S. W., Witt, R., Wu, Y., Xiao, Z. G., Xie, G., Xie, W., Xu, Z., Xu, N., Xu, Y. F., Xu, Q. H., Xu, J., Yang, Q., Yang, C., Yang, S., Yang, Y., Ye, Z., Yi, L., Yip, K., Yoo, I. -K., Yu, N., Zbroszczyk, H., Zha, W., Zhang, X. P., Zhang, S., Zhang, J. B., Zhang, J., Zhang, Z., Zhang, Y., Zhao, J., Zhong, C., Zhou, L., Zhou, C., Zhu, Z., Zhu, X., and Zyzak, M.
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Nuclear Theory ,FOS: Physical sciences ,kaons ,HEAVY-ION COLLISIONS ,QCD CRITICAL-POINT ,Strangeness ,PROTON ,01 natural sciences ,High Energy Physics - Experiment ,Nuclear physics ,Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) ,High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) ,High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) ,Critical point (thermodynamics) ,0103 physical sciences ,CHARGE FLUCTUATIONS ,Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) ,heavy ions ,010306 general physics ,Nuclear Experiment ,FREEZE-OUT CONDITIONS ,Nuclear and High Energy Physic ,Physics ,Quantum chromodynamics ,RHIC ,QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS ,STAR ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,PHASE-DIAGRAM ,Multiplicity (mathematics) ,lcsh:QC1-999 ,heavy ion ,MODEL ,High Energy Physics - Phenomenology ,Moment (physics) ,Kurtosis ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,kaon ,Baryon number ,Glauber ,lcsh:Physics ,HADRON RESONANCE GAS - Abstract
Fluctuations of conserved quantities such as baryon number, charge, and strangeness are sensitive to the correlation length of the hot and dense matter created in relativistic heavy-ion collisions and can be used to search for the QCD critical point. We report the first measurements of the moments of net-kaon multiplicity distributions in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 7.7, 11.5, 14.5, 19.6, 27, 39, 62.4, and 200 GeV. The collision centrality and energy dependence of the mean ($M$), variance ($\sigma^2$), skewness ($S$), and kurtosis ($\kappa$) for net-kaon multiplicity distributions as well as the ratio $\sigma^2/M$ and the products $S\sigma$ and $\kappa\sigma^2$ are presented. Comparisons are made with Poisson and negative binomial baseline calculations as well as with UrQMD, a transport model (UrQMD) that does not include effects from the QCD critical point. Within current uncertainties, the net-kaon cumulant ratios appear to be monotonic as a function of collision energy., Comment: 12 pages, 11 figures
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- 2018