@article{a7754d341ec34c6eb8f6cd9d18ebb262,
title = "Nonmonotonic Energy Dependence of Net-Proton Number Fluctuations",
abstract = "Nonmonotonic variation with collision energy (sNN) of the moments of the net-baryon number distribution in heavy-ion collisions, related to the correlation length and the susceptibilities of the system, is suggested as a signature for the quantum chromodynamics critical point. We report the first evidence of a nonmonotonic variation in the kurtosis times variance of the net-proton number (proxy for net-baryon number) distribution as a function of sNN with 3.1 σ significance for head-on (central) gold-on-gold (Au+Au) collisions measured solenoidal tracker at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Data in noncentral Au+Au collisions and models of heavy-ion collisions without a critical point show a monotonic variation as a function of sNN.",
author = "{(STAR Collaboration)} and J. Adam and L. Adamczyk and Adams, {J. R.} and Adkins, {J. K.} and G. Agakishiev and Aggarwal, {M. M.} and Z. Ahammed and I. Alekseev and Anderson, {D. M.} and A. Aparin and Aschenauer, {E. C.} and Ashraf, {M. U.} and Atetalla, {F. G.} and A. Attri and Averichev, {G. S.} and V. Bairathi and K. Barish and A. Behera and R. Bellwied and A. Bhasin and J. Bielcik and J. Bielcikova and Bland, {L. C.} and Bordyuzhin, {I. G.} and Brandenburg, {J. D.} and Brandin, {A. V.} and J. Butterworth and H. Caines and {Calder{\'o}n De La Barca S{\'a}nchez}, M. and D. Cebra and I. Chakaberia and P. Chaloupka and Chan, {B. K.} and Chang, {F. H.} and Z. Chang and N. Chankova-Bunzarova and A. Chatterjee and D. Chen and J. Chen and Chen, {J. H.} and X. Chen and Z. Chen and J. Cheng and M. Cherney and M. Chevalier and S. Choudhury and W. Christie and X. Chu and Crawford, {H. J.} and S. Heppelmann",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 American Physical Society. ",
year = "2021",
month = mar,
day = "5",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.092301",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "126",
journal = "Physical review letters",
issn = "0031-9007",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "9",
}