Particle Densities in Heavy Ion Collisions at High Energy and the Dual String Model

Abstract

We analyse recent results on charged particle pseudo-rapidity densities from RHIC in the framework of the Dual String Model, in particular when including string fusion. The model, in a simple way, agrees with all the existing data and is consistent with the presence of the percolation transition to the Quark-Gluon Plasma already at the CERN-SPS.

6 pages, 2 figures, latex; corrected HIJING and added WA98 in fig.1; references added/updated; to appear in PLB

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