A description of the pseudorapidity distributions in heavy ion collisions at RHIC and LHC energies
Abstract
The charged particles produced in nucleus-nucleus collisions are classified into two parts,One is from the hot and dense matter created in collisions. The other is from leading particles. The hot and dense matter is assumed to expand and generate particles according to BJP hydrodynamics, a theory put forward by A. Bialas, R. A. Janik and R. Peschanski. The leading particles are argued to possess a Gaussian rapidity distribution with the normalization constant equaling the number of participants. A comparison is made between the theoretical results and the experimental measurements performed by BRAHMS and PHOBOS Collaboration at BNL-RHIC in Au-Au and Cu-Cu collisions at sqrt(sNN)=200 GeV and by ALICE Collaboration at CERN-LHC in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt(sNN) =2.76 TeV. The theoretical results are well consistent with experimental data.
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