Centrality dependence of charged hadron transverse momentum spectra in Au + Au collisions from √SNN = 62.4 to 200 GeV

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Back, B B ^a   Baker, M D ^b   Ballintijn, M ^d   Barton, D S ^b   Betts, R R ^f   Bickley, A A ^g   Bindel, R ^g   Busza, W ^d   Carroll, A ^b   Chai, Z ^b   Decowski, M P ^d   Garcia E ^f   Gburek, T ^c   George, N ^b   Gulbrandsen, K ^d   Halliwell, C ^f   Hamblen, J ^h   Hauer, M ^b   Henderson, C ^d   Hofman, D J ^f   Hollis, R S ^f   Hotynski R ^c   Holzman, B ^b   Lordanova, A ^f   Johnson, E ^h   Kane, J L ^d   Khan, N ^h   Kulinich, P ^d   Kuo, C M ^e   Lin, W T ^e   Manly, S ^h   Mignerey, A C ^g   Nouicer, R ^b,f   Olszewski, A ^c   Pak, R ^b   Reed, C ^d   Roland, C ^d   Roland, G ^d   Sagerer, J ^f   Seals, H ^b   Sedykh, I ^b   Smith, C E ^f   Stankiewicz, M A ^b   Steinberg, P ^b   Stephans, G S F ^d   Sukhanov, A ^b   Tonjes, M B ^g   Trzupek, A ^c   Vale, C ^d   Van Nieuwenhuizen, G J ^d   Vaurynovich, S S ^d   Verdier, R ^d   Veres, G I ^d   Wenger, E ^d   Wolfs, F L H ^h   Wosiek, B ^c   Wozniak K ^c   Wyslouch, B ^d   more..

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPECTRA; MESONS; MOMENTUM SPECTRA; QUARKS;

CALORIMETRY; CHARGED PARTICLES; DETECTORS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GOLD; HEAVY IONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 18244369755     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.082304     Document Type: Article

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