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Statistical analysis of secondary particle distributions in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | McGuire, Stephen C. |
| Copyright Year | 1987 |
| Description | The use is described of several statistical techniques to characterize structure in the angular distributions of secondary particles from nucleus-nucleus collisions in the energy range 24 to 61 GeV/nucleon. The objective of this work was to determine whether there are correlations between emitted particle intensity and angle that may be used to support the existence of the quark gluon plasma. The techniques include chi-square null hypothesis tests, the method of discrete Fourier transform analysis, and fluctuation analysis. We have also used the method of composite unit vectors to test for azimuthal asymmetry in a data set of 63 JACEE-3 events. Each method is presented in a manner that provides the reader with some practical detail regarding its application. Of those events with relatively high statistics, Fe approaches 0 at 55 GeV/nucleon was found to possess an azimuthal distribution with a highly non-random structure. No evidence of non-statistical fluctuations was found in the pseudo-rapidity distributions of the events studied. It is seen that the most effective application of these methods relies upon the availability of many events or single events that possess very high multiplicities. |
| File Size | 983167 |
| Page Count | 43 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19870011380 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t8z944b1x |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1987-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Nuclear And High-energy Physics Null Hypothesis Fourier Transformation Statistical Analysis Particle Collisions Gluons Nuclei Nuclear Physics Particle Interactions Plasmas Physics Quarks Secondary Emission Relativistic Effects Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |