Almost-Entirely Empirical Estimation for Chemical Potential
Abstract
Based on statistical thermal approaches, the transverse momentum distribution of the well-identified produced particles, π+, π-, K+, K-, p, p, is studied. From the partition function of grand-canonical ensemble, we propose a generic expression for the dependence of the full chemical potential μ on rapidity y. Then, by fitting this expression with the experimental results of most central p and d2 N/2 π p dp dy, at 7.7, 11.5, 19.6, 27, 39, 130, 200~GeV, we introduce a generic expression for the rapidity dependence of μ, at different energies and particle types, μ=a+b y2. The resulting energy dependence reads sNN=c[(μ-a)/b]d/2. As a validation check, the proposed approach reproduces, excellently, the rapidity spectra measured at different energies.
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