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Henrik Tydesjö
Net Charge Fluctuations
in Ultra-Relativistic
Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions
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EBRUARY 2003
Preface
Contents
High-Energy Heavy-Ion Physics
The Quark-Gluon Plasma
Experimental Facilities
Collision Characteristics
Thermodynamic Properties
Quark-Gluon Plasma Signatures
Kinematic Probes
Strangeness Enhancement
J/
Suppression
Photon Production
Light Vector Meson Properties
Jet Quenching
Event-by-Event Fluctuations
The PHENIX Experiment
Physics Goals
Detector Subsystems
Vertex and Trigger Detectors
Central Arm Spectrometers
Muon Spectrometers
Data Acquisition
Event Reconstruction
The Pad Chambers
The Pixel Pattern
Efficiency and Position Resolution
Net Charge Fluctuations
Theoretical Approach
Physics Motivation
Influences on the Fluctuations
Some Comparisons Between Various Measures
Simulations
Random Distribution
Global Charge Conservation
Efficiency and Background
Neutral Resonances
QGP Model
Analysis of PHENIX Data
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
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Henrik Tydesjo 2003-02-24
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