Published January 1, 2005 | Version v1
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Multiplicity of charged particles in Pb-Pb collisions at SPS energies

Creators

  • 1. University of Catania and INFN, Catania (Italy)
  • 2. University of Padua and INFN, Padua (Italy)
  • 3. University of Birmingham, Birmingham (United Kingdom)

Description

The multiplicity of charged particles in the central rapidity region has been measured by the NA57 experiment in Pb-Pb collisions at the CERN SPS at two beam momenta: 158 A GeV/c and 40 A GeV/c. The value of dNch/dη at the maximum has been determined and studied as a function of centrality within the range covered by NA57 (about 55% most central part of the inelastic cross section). The central rapidity multiplicity varies roughly linearly with the number of wounded nucleons (participants) and increases approximately logarithmically with the centre of mass energy

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/1742-6596/5/64/jpconf5_5_006.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online) (ISSN 1742-6596) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://stacks.iop.org/1742-6596/5/64/jpconf5_5_006.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
DOI
10.1088/1742-6596/5/1/006;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
5
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 64-73
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
International workshop on particle multiplicity in relativistic heavy ion collisions
Dates
17-19 Jun 2004
Place
Bari (Italy)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36111678
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CENTER-OF-MASS SYSTEM; CERN SPS SYNCHROTRON; CHARGED PARTICLES; COLLIDING BEAMS; CROSS SECTIONS; GEV RANGE 10-100; GEV RANGE 100-1000; LEAD 208 BEAMS; LEAD 208 REACTIONS; LEAD 208 TARGET; MULTIPLICITY; PARTICLE RAPIDITY
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; BEAMS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; ENERGY RANGE; GEV RANGE; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; ION BEAMS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; SYNCHROTRONS; TARGETS

Optional Information

Collaborations
NA57 Collaboration