1. Energy dependence of moments of net-proton multiplicity distributions at RHIC
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ADAMCZYK, L, ADKINS, JK, AGAKISHIEV, G, AGGARWAL, MM, AHAMMED, Z, ALEKSEEV, I, ALFORD, J, ANSON, CD, APARIN, A, ARKHIPKIN, D, ASCHENAUER, EC, AVERICHEV, GS, BALEWSKI, J, BANERJEE, A, BAMOVSKA, Z, BEAVIS, DR, BELLWIED, R, BHASIN, A, BHATI, AK, BHATTARAI, P, BICHSEL, H, BIELCIK, J, BIELCIKOVA, J, BLAND, LC, BORDYUZHIN, IG, BOROWSKI, W, BOUCHET, J, BRANDIN, AV, BROVKO, SG, BULTMANN, S, BUNZAROV, I, BURTON, TP, BUTTERWORTH, J, CAINES, H, SANCHEZ, MCD, CEBRA, D, CENDEJAS, R, CERVANTES, MC, CHALOUPKA, P, CHANG, Z, CHATTOPADHYAY, S, CHEN, HE, CHEN, JH, CHEN, L, CHENG, J, CHEMEY, M, CHIKANIAN, A, CHRISTIE, W, CHWASTOWSKI, J, CODRINGTON, MJM, CORLISS, R, CRAMER, JG, CRAWFORD, HJ, CUI, X, DAS, S, LEYVA, AD, DE SILVA, LC, DEBBE, RR, DEDOVICH, TG, DENG, J, DEREVSCHIKOV, AA, DE SOUZA, RD, DHAMIJA, S, DI RUZZA, B, DIDENKO, L, DILKS, C, DING, E, DJAWOTHO, P, DONG, X, DRACHENBERG, JL, DRAPER, JE, DU, CM, DUNKELBERGER, LE, DUNLOP, JC, EFMUNOV, LG, ENGELAGE, J, ENGLE, KS, EPPLEY, G, EUN, L, EVDOKIMOV, O, FATEMI, R, FAZIO, S, FEDORISIN, J, FILIP, P, FINCH, E, FISYAK, Y, FLORES, CE, GAGLIARDI, CA, GANGADHARAN, DR, GARAND, D, GEURTS, E, GIBSON, A, GIRARD, M, GLISKE, S, GROSNICK, D, GUO, Y, GUPTA, A, GUPTA, S, GURYN, W, HAAG, B, HAJKOVA, O, HAMED, A, HAN, LX, HAQUE, R, HARRIS, JW, HAYS-WEHLE, JP, HEPPELMANN, S, HIRSCH, A, HOFFMANN, GW, HOFMAN, DJ, HORVAT, S, HUANG, B, HUANG, HZ, HUCK, P, HUMANIC, TJ, IGO, G, JACOBS, WW, JANG, H, JUDD, EG, KABANA, S, KALINKIN, D, KANG, K, KAUDER, K, KE, HW, KEANE, D, KECHECHYAN, A, KESICH, A, KHAN, ZH, KIKOLA, DP, KISEL, I, KISIEL, A, KOETKE, DD, KOLLEGGER, T, KONZER, J, KORALT, I, KORSCH, W, KOTCHENDA, L, KRAVTSOV, P, KRUEGER, K, KULAKOV, I, KUMAR, L, KYCIA, RA, LAMONT, MAC, LANDGRAF, JM, LANDRY, KD, LAURET, J, LEBEDEV, A, LEDNICKY, R, LEE, JH, LEIGHT, W, LEVINE, MJ, LI, C, LI, W, LI, X, LI, Y, LI, ZM, LIMA, LM, LISA, MA, LIU, F, LJUBICIC, T, LLOPE, WJ, LONGACRE, RS, LUO, X, MA, GL, MA, YG, DON, DMMDM, MAHAPATRA, DP, MAJKA, R, MARGETIS, S, MARKERT, C, MASUI, H, MATIS, HS, MCDONALD, D, MCSHANE, TS, MINAEV, NG, MIODUSZEWSKI, S, MOHANTY, B, MONDAL, MM, MOROZOV, DA, MUNHOZ, MG, MUSTAFA, MK, NANDI, BK, NASIM, M, NAYAK, TK, NELSON, JM, NOGACH, LV, NOH, SY, NOVAK, J, NURUSHEV, SB, ODYNIEC, G, OGAWA, A, OH, K, OHLSON, A, OKOROKOV, V, OLDAG, EW, OLIVEIRA, RAN, PACHR, M, PAGE, BS, PAL, SK, PAN, YX, PANDIT, Y, PANEBRATSEV, Y, PAWLAK, T, PAWLIK, B, PEI, H, PERKINS, C, PERYT, W, PETERSON, A, PILE, P, PLANINIC, M, PLUTA, J, PLYKU, D, POLJAK, N, PORTER, J, POSKANZER, AM, PRUTHI, NK, PRZYBYCIEN, M, PUJAHARI, PR, PUTSCHKE, J, QIU, H, QUINTERO, A, RAMACHANDRAN, S, RANIWALA, R, RANIWALA, S, RAY, RL, RILEY, CK, RITTER, HG, ROBERTS, JB, ROGACHEVSKIY, OV, ROMERO, JL, ROSS, JF, ROY, A, RUAN, L, RUSNAK, J, SAHOO, NR, SAHU, PK, SAKREJDA, I, SALUR, S, SANDACZ, A, SANDWEISS, J, SANGALINE, E, SARKAR, A, SCHAMBACH, J, SCHARENBERG, RP, SCHMAH, AM, SCHMIDKE, WB, SCHMITZ, N, SEGER, J, SEYBOTH, P, SHAH, N, SHAHALIEV, E, SHANMUGANATHAN, PV, SHAO, M, SHARMA, B, SHEN, WQ, SHI, SS, SHOU, QY, SICHTERMANN, EP, SINGARAJU, RN, SKOBY, MJ, SMIMOV, D, SMIMOV, N, SOLANKI, D, SORENSEN, P, DESOUZA, UG, SPINKA, HM, SRIVASTAVA, B, STANISLAUS, TDS, STEVENS, JR, STOCK, R, STRIKHANOV, M, STRINGFELLOW, B, SUAIDE, AAP, SUMBERA, M, SUN, X, SUN, XM, SUN, Y, SUN, Z, SURROW, B, SVIRIDA, DN, SYMONS, TJM, DE TOLEDO, AS, TAKAHASHI, J, TANG, AH, TANG, Z, TARNOWSKY, T, THOMAS, JH, TIMMINS, AR, TLUSTY, D, TOKAREV, M, TRENTALANGE, S, TRIBBLE, RE, TRIBEDY, P, TRZECIAK, BA, TSAI, OD, TUMAU, J, ULLRICH, T, UNDERWOOD, DG, VAN BUREN, G, VAN NIEUWENHUIZEN, G, VANFOSSEN, JA, VARMA, R, VASCONCELOS, GMS, VASILIEV, AN, VERTESI, R, VIDEBAEK, E, VIYOGI, YP, VOKAL, S, VOLOSHIN, SA, VOSSEN, A, WADA, M, WALKER, M, WANG, F, WANG, G, WANG, H, WANG, JS, WANG, XL, WANG, Y, WEBB, G, WEBB, JC, WESTFALL, GD, WIEMAN, H, WISSINK, SW, WITT, R, WU, YE, XIAO, Z, XIE, W, XIN, K, XU, H, XU, N, XU, QH, XU, Y, XU, Z, YAN, W, YANG, C, YANG, Y, YE, Z, YEPES, P, YI, L, YIP, K, YOO, IK, ZAWISZA, Y, ZBROSZCZYK, H, ZHA, W, ZHANG, JB, ZHANG, S, ZHANG, XP, ZHANG, Y, ZHANG, ZP, ZHAO, F, ZHAO, J, ZHONG, C, ZHU, X, ZHU, YH, ZOULKAMEEVA, Y, and ZYZAK, M
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Particle physics ,COLISÕES DE ÍONS PESADOS RELATIVÍSTICOS ,Nuclear Theory ,Hadron ,FOS: Physical sciences ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Critical-Point ,High Energy Physics - Experiment ,Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) ,Nuclear physics ,High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) ,High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) ,High Energy Physics - Lattice ,Qcd Phase-Diagram ,multiplicity ,Fluctuations ,Quantum Chromodynamics ,Collisions ,Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) ,Multiplicity (chemistry) ,Nuclear Experiment ,Quantum chromodynamics ,Physics ,RHIC ,High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat) ,Sigma ,Collaboration ,NATURAL SCIENCES. Physics ,PRIRODNE ZNANOSTI. Fizika ,High Energy Physics - Phenomenology ,Antiproton ,Quark–gluon plasma ,Transition ,Perspective ,Quark-Gluon Plasma ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Baryon number ,energy ,Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider ,Model - Abstract
We report the beam energy (\sqrt s_{NN} = 7.7 - 200 GeV) and collision centrality dependence of the mean (M), standard deviation (\sigma), skewness (S), and kurtosis (\kappa) of the net-proton multiplicity distributions in Au+Au collisions. The measurements are carried out by the STAR experiment at midrapidity (|y| < 0.5) and within the transverse momentum range 0.4 < pT < 0.8 GeV/c in the first phase of the Beam Energy Scan program at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. These measurements are important for understanding the Quantum Chromodynamic (QCD) phase diagram. The products of the moments, S\sigma and \kappa\sigma^{2}, are sensitive to the correlation length of the hot and dense medium created in the collisions and are related to the ratios of baryon number susceptibilities of corresponding orders. The products of moments are found to have values significantly below the Skellam expectation and close to expectations based on independent proton and anti-proton production. The measurements are compared to a transport model calculation to understand the effect of acceptance and baryon number conservation, and also to a hadron resonance gas model., Comment: 7 pages and 4 figures
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- 2014