Rapidity Variation of Thermal Parameters at SPS and RHIC

Abstract

The rapidity dependence of the chemical freeze-out thermal parameters $T$ and $μ_B$ are determined at the highest RHIC and SPS energies. These show a systematic behavior towards an increase in $μ_B$ away from mid-rapidity and a corresponding decrease in the temperature $T$.

7 pages, 7 figures, Critical Point and Onset of Deconfinement workshop, GSI, Germany, July 2007