Charged Particle Fluctuation in Heavy Ion Collisions

Abstract

Comparing quantities to analyze charged fluctuations in heavy ion experiments the dispersion of the charges in a central rapidity box was found to be best suited. Various energies and different nuclear sizes are considered in an explicit Dual-Parton-Model calculation using the DPMJET code and a randomized modification to simulated charge equilibrium. For large enough detection regions charged particle fluctuations can provide a signal of the basic dynamics of heavy ion processes.

Comments: Talk given by Bopp at the Cracow Epiphany Conference On Quarks And Gluons In Extreme Conditions, 3 - 6 January 2002, Cracow, Poland