Soft Physics, Centrality and Multiplicity at RHIC
| dc.creator | Kahana, D. E. | |
| dc.creator | Kahana, S. H. | |
| dc.date | 2002-08-28 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T05:39:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T05:39:14Z | |
| dc.description | The inclusive spectra so far accumulated at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at energies of $\sqrt{s} = 56, 130$ and 200 GeV are examined within the hadronic simulation LUCIFER. What emerges at this juncture is a comprehensive and clear picture of soft physics which apparently dominates the intermediate and later stages of the ion collisions. The focus is on energy and centrality dependence of the mid-rapidity charged spectra, using an analysis based for the most part on production and rescattering of intermediate generic resonances. The bosonic Rho and K(*)-like resonances, produced in initial nucleon-nucleon interactions and materialising only after some delay time, behave like an incompressible fluid with saturated number and energy density. | |
| dc.description | 7 pages, 11 figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0208063 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0208063 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/81891 | |
| dc.subject | Nuclear Theory | |
| dc.title | Soft Physics, Centrality and Multiplicity at RHIC | |
| dc.type | text |