Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 112301 (2004) [6 pages]

Identified Particle Distributions in pp and Au+Au Collisions at sqrt[sNN]=200  GeV

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J. Adams et al. STAR Collaboration
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Received 2 October 2003; published 18 March 2004

Transverse mass and rapidity distributions for charged pions, charged kaons, protons, and antiprotons are reported for sqrt[sNN]=200  GeV pp and Au+Au collisions at Relativistic Heary Ion Collider (RHIC). Chemical and kinetic equilibrium model fits to our data reveal strong radial flow and long duration from chemical to kinetic freeze-out in central Au+Au collisions. The chemical freeze-out temperature appears to be independent of initial conditions at RHIC energies.


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URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.112301
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.112301
PACS: 25.75.Dw

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