Correlations and fluctuations in high-energy nuclear collisions

Gordon Baym, B. Blättel, L. L. Frankfurt, H. Heiselberg, M. Strikman

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Abstract

Nucleon correlations in the target and projectile nuclei are shown to reduce significantly the fluctuations in multiple nucleon-nucleon collisions, total multiplicity, and transverse energy in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, in particular for heavy projectile and target. The interplay between cross-section fluctuations, from color transparency and opacity, and nuclear correlations is calculated and found to be able to account for large fluctuations in transverse energy spectra. Numerical implementation of correlations and cross-section fluctuations in Monte Carlo codes is discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1604-1617
Number of pages14
JournalPhysical Review C
Volume52
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1995

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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