Rapidity-dependent chemical potentials in a statistical approach

dc.creatorBroniowski, Wojciech
dc.creatorBiedron, Barlomiej
dc.date2007-09-02
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dc.descriptionWe present a single-freeze-out model with thermal and geometric parameters dependent on the position within the fireball and use it to describe the rapidity and transverse-momentum spectra of pions, kaons, protons, and antiprotons measured at RHIC at 200 GeV} by BRAHMS. THERMINATOR is used to perform the necessary simulation, which includes all resonance decays. The result of the fit to the data is the expected growth of the baryon and strange chemical potentials with the spatial rapidityα_\parallel. The value of the baryon chemical potential at α_\parallel ~ 3 is about 200 MeV, i.e. lies in the range of the highest SPS energies. The chosen geometry of the fireball has a decreasing transverse size as the magnitude of α_\parallel is increased, which also corresponds to decreasing transverse flow. The strange chemical potential obtained from the fit to the K+/K- ratio is such that the local strangeness density in the fireball is compatible with zero. The resulting rapidity spectra of net protons are described qualitatively within the statistical approach. As a result of our study, the knowledge of the ``topography'' of the fireball is acquired, allowing for other analyses and predictions.
dc.description6 pages, tals at SQM 2007
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0709.0126
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0709.0126
dc.identifierJ.Phys.G35:044018,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/0954-3899/35/4/044018
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/193549
dc.subjectNuclear Theory
dc.subjectNuclear Experiment
dc.titleRapidity-dependent chemical potentials in a statistical approach
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