Fluctuations from Thermalization at RHIC
arXiv:nucl-th/0405020 · doi:10.1556/APH.24.2005.1-4.10
Abstract
The centrality dependence of dynamic fluctuations of the transverse momentum and the net charge can signal the approach to local thermal equilibrium in nuclear collisions. I explore this signal by comparing transport-theory calculations to STAR and PHENIX data at a range of energies. In particular, I find that this model can describe PHENIX data on the dependence of fluctuations on the transverse momentum range in which they are measured.
6 pages, 5 eps figures, Talk given at the 20th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics, Trelawny Beach, Jamaica, 15-20 March 2004