Collision Dynamics at RHIC
arXiv:nucl-ex/0408021 · doi:10.1142/9789812701961_0007
Abstract
Measurements of a variety of hadron species in Au+Au collisions at 200 GeV by the STAR experiment are used to investigate properties of such collisions. We present a study of particle yields and transverse momentum spectra within the framework of chemical and local kinetic equilibrium models. The extracted freeze-out properties are studied as function of collision centrality. Those properties together with inferred initial conditions provide insights about collision dynamics at RHIC.
5 pages, 2 figures; to appear in the proceedings of the Lake Louise Winter Institute, held in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada in February 2004