arXiv:1408.4734·v1·High Energy Physics — Phenomenology
Determination of freeze-out conditions from fluctuation observables measured at RHIC
Marcus Bluhm (NCSU, Raleigh)🇺🇸 · Paolo Alba🇮🇹 · Wanda Alberico (INFN, Turin & Turin U.)🇮🇹 · Rene Bellwied (Houston U.)🇺🇸 · Valentina Mantovani Sarti (INFN, Turin & Turin U.)🇮🇹 · Marlene Nahrgang (Duke U.)🇺🇸 · Claudia Ratti (INFN, Turin & Turin U.)🇮🇹
Abstract
We extract chemical freeze-out conditions via a thermal model approach from fluctuation observables measured at RHIC and compare with results from lattice QCD and statistical hadronization model fits. The possible influence of additional critical and non-critical fluctuation sources not accounted for in our analysis is discussed.
Comments: Proceedings of the 24th Quark Matter conference, 19-24 May 2014, Darmstadt, Germany. 4 pp