Multiplicity Fluctuations in Au+Au Collisions at RHIC
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The preliminary data of the PHENIX collaboration for the scaled variances of charged hadron multiplicity fluctuations in Au+Au at $\sqrt{s}=200$ GeV are analyzed within the model of independent sources. We use the HSD transport model to calculate the participant number fluctuations and the number of charged hadrons per nucleon participant in different centrality bins. This combined picture leads to a good agreement with the PHENIX data and suggests that the measured multiplicity fluctuations result dominantly from participant number fluctuations. The role of centrality selection and acceptance is discussed separately.
7 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. C (Rapid Communication)
7 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. C (Rapid Communication)