Measuring charge fluctuations in high-energy nuclear collisions

Details Measuring charge fluctuations in high-energy nuclear collisions Measuring charge fluctuations in high-energy nuclear collisions

2001-12-03

arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0112007v2

Phys.Rev.C66:024904,2002

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Theory

12 pages, 6 figures, numerous but minor changes, Phys. Rev. C in print

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevC.66.024904

Various measures of charge fluctuations in heavy-ion collisions are discussed. Advantages of the Phi-measure are demonstrated and its relation to other fluctuation measures is established. To get the relation, Phi is expressed through the moments of multiplicity distribution. We study how the measures act in the case of a `background' model which represents the classical hadron gas in equilibrium. The model assumes statistical particle production constrained by charge conservation. It also takes into account both the effect of incomplete experimental apparatus acceptance and that of tracking inefficiency. The model is shown to approximately agree with the PHENIX and preliminary STAR data on the electric charge fluctuations. Finally, `background-free' measures are discussed.

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