Charged meson rapidity distributions in central Au + Au collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV

I. G. Bearden; D. Beavis; C. Besliu; B. Budick; H. Bøggild; C. Chasman; C. H. Christensen; P. Christiansen; J. Cibor; R. Debbe; E. Enger; J. J. Gaardhøje; M. Germinario; K. Hagel; O. Hansen; A. Holm; A. K. Holme; H. Ito; A. Jipa; F. Jundt; J. I. Jørdre; C. E. Jørgensen; R. Karabowicz; E. J. Kim; T. Kozik; T. M. Larsen; J. H. Lee; Y. K. Lee; G. Løvhøiden; Z. Majka; A. Makeev; M. Mikelsen; M. Murray; J. Natowitz; B. S. Nielsen; J. Norris; K. Olchanski; D. Ouerdane; R. Planeta; F. Rami; C. Ristea; D. Röhrich; B. H. Samset; D. Sandberg; S. J. Sanders; R. A. Sheetz; P. Staszel; T. S. Tveter; F. Videbæk; R. Wada; Z. Yin; I. S. Zgura

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.162301

Charged meson rapidity distributions in central Au + Au collisions at √s_NN = 200 GeV

I. G. Bearden^*
, D. Beavis
, C. Besliu
, B. Budick
, H. Bøggild
, C. Chasman
, C. H. Christensen
, P. Christiansen
, J. Cibor
, R. Debbe
, E. Enger
, J. J. Gaardhøje
, M. Germinario
, K. Hagel
, O. Hansen
, A. Holm
, A. K. Holme
, H. Ito
, A. Jipa
, F. Jundt

J. I. Jørdre, C. E. Jørgensen, R. Karabowicz, E. J. Kim, T. Kozik, T. M. Larsen, J. H. Lee, Y. K. Lee, G. Løvhøiden, Z. Majka, A. Makeev, M. Mikelsen, M. Murray, J. Natowitz, B. S. Nielsen, J. Norris, K. Olchanski, D. Ouerdane, R. Planeta, F. Rami, C. Ristea, D. Röhrich, B. H. Samset, D. Sandberg, S. J. Sanders, R. A. Sheetz, P. Staszel, T. S. Tveter, F. Videbæk, R. Wada, Z. Yin, I. S. Zgura

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We have measured rapidity densities dN/dy of π^± and K^± over a broad rapidity range (- 0.1 < y < 3.5) for central Au + Au collisions at √s_NN = 200 GeV. These data have significant implications for the chemistry and dynamics of the dense system that is initially created in the collisions. The full phase-space yields are 1660 ± 15 ± 133 (π⁺), 1683 ± 16 ± 135 (π^-), 286 ± 5 ± 23 (K⁺), and 242 ± 4 ± 19 (K^-). The systematics of the strange to nonstrange meson ratios are found to track the variation of the baryochemical potential with rapidity and energy. Landau-Carruthers hydrodynamics is found to describe the bulk transport of the pions in the longitudinal direction.

Original language	English
Article number	162301
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	94
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.162301
State	Published - 2005.04.29

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Bearden, I. G., Beavis, D., Besliu, C., Budick, B., Bøggild, H., Chasman, C., Christensen, C. H., Christiansen, P., Cibor, J., Debbe, R., Enger, E., Gaardhøje, J. J., Germinario, M., Hagel, K., Hansen, O., Holm, A., Holme, A. K., Ito, H., Jipa, A., ... Zgura, I. S. (2005). Charged meson rapidity distributions in central Au + Au collisions at √s_NN = 200 GeV. Physical Review Letters, 94(16), Article 162301. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.162301

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