Transverse energy and charged particle multiplicity at various centralities at RHIC: Statistical model estimates

Abstract

The transverse energy and the charged particle multiplicity at midrapidity are evaluated in a single-freeze-out model for different centrality bins at RHIC at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=130$ and 200 GeV. The predictions of the model are done at the freeze-out parameters determined earlier from measured particle yields and $p_T$ spectra. The results agree qualitatively well with the experimental data.

Comments: This is a write-up of a poster presented at the Workshop on Quark-Gluon-Plasma Thermalization, Vienna, Austria, 10-12 August 2005