Charged Particle Multiplicity Near Mid-Rapidity in Central Au+Au Collisions at sqrt(s)=56 and 130 AGeV

7/19/2000

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Charged Particle Multiplicity Near Mid-Rapidity in Central Au+Au Collisions sqrt(s)=56 and 130 AGeV

Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider

PHOBOS Collaboration

PHOBOS Apparatus

Commissioning Run Setup

PHOBOS Trigger

First Collisions at PHOBOS

Examples of events

Event selection

Event Statistics

Variables & Observables

What do we learn from dN/dh | |h|ə

Monte Carlo Simulations

Centrality Selection

Understanding Paddle Counters

ZDC Sum vs. Paddle Sum

Estimating Npart

Signal Distributions in Si

Measuring Vertex

Vertex Distributions

Tracklets

Measuring dN/dh with tracklets

Uncorrected dN/dh

Derivation of dN/dh

Results

Systematic Uncertainties

Comparisons with pp

Author: Wit Busza

Email: busza@mit.edu

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