Event-by-event average $p_T$ fluctuations in PHENIX: measurements and jet contribution simulations

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Small, but significant non-random fluctuations in event-by-event average $p_T$ have been observed in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV by the PHENIX collaboration at RHIC. These are consistent with being caused by correlations due to jets at large $p_T$, where the measured suppression must be included to reproduce the centrality dependence of the non-random fluctuations.
4 pages, 4 figures, contribution to the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Ultra-Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (Quark Matter 2004), to appear in Journal of Physics G

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