Multiplicity of charged particles in Pb–Pb collisions at SPS energies
A. Jacholkowski
,
P.A. Bacon
,
A. Badala
,
R. Barbera
,
A. Belogianni
,
A. Bhasin
,
I.J. Bloodworth
,
M. Bombara
,
G. Bruno
,
S.A. Bull
,
R. Caliandro
,
M. Campbell
,
W. Carena
,
N. Carrer
,
R.F. Clarke
,
A. Dainese
,
A.P. de Haas
,
P.C. de Rijke
,
D. Di Bari
,
S. Di Liberto
,
R. Divia
,
D. Elia
,
D. Evans
,
G.A. Feofilov
,
R. Fini
,
P. Ganoti
,
B. Ghidini
,
G. Grella
,
H. Helstrup
,
K.F. Hetland
,
A.K. Holme
,
G.T. Jones
,
P. Jovanovic
,
A. Jusko
,
R. Kamermans
,
J.B. Kinson
,
K. Knudson
,
A.A. Kolozhvari
,
V. Kondratiev
,
I. Kralik
,
A. Kravcakova
,
P. Kuijer
,
V. Lenti R. Lietava
,
G. Lovhoiden
,
V. Manzari
,
G. Martinska
,
M.A. Mazzoni
,
F. Meddi
,
A. Michalon
(1)
,
M. Morando
,
E. Nappi
,
F. Navach
,
P.I. Norman
,
A. Palmeri
,
G.S. Pappalardo
,
B. Pastircak
,
J. Pisut
,
N. Pisutova
,
R.J. Platt
,
F. Posa
,
E. Quercigh
,
F. Riggi
,
D. Rohrich
,
G. Romano
,
K. Safarik
,
L. Sandor
,
E. Schillings
,
G. Segato
,
M. Sene
,
W. Snoeys
,
F. Soramel
,
M. Spyropoulou--Stassinaki
,
P. Staroba
,
T.A Toulina
,
R. Turrisi
,
T.S. Tveter
,
Jakub Urban
,
F.F. Valiev
,
A. van de Brink
,
P. van de Ven
,
P. Vande Vyvre
,
N. van Eijndhoven
,
J. van Hunen
,
A. Vascotto
,
T. Vik
,
O. Villalobos Baillie
,
I. Vinogradov
,
T. Virgili
,
M.F. Votruba
,
J. Vrlakova
,
P. Zavada
,
F. Antinori
A. Jacholkowski
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P.A. Bacon
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A. Badala
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R. Barbera
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A. Belogianni
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A. Bhasin
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I.J. Bloodworth
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M. Bombara
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G. Bruno
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S.A. Bull
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R. Caliandro
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M. Campbell
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W. Carena
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N. Carrer
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R.F. Clarke
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A. Dainese
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A.P. de Haas
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P.C. de Rijke
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D. Di Bari
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S. Di Liberto
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R. Divia
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D. Elia
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D. Evans
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G.A. Feofilov
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R. Fini
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P. Ganoti
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B. Ghidini
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G. Grella
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H. Helstrup
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K.F. Hetland
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A.K. Holme
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G.T. Jones
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P. Jovanovic
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A. Jusko
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R. Kamermans
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J.B. Kinson
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K. Knudson
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A.A. Kolozhvari
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V. Kondratiev
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I. Kralik
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A. Kravcakova
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P. Kuijer
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V. Lenti R. Lietava
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G. Lovhoiden
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V. Manzari
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G. Martinska
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M.A. Mazzoni
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F. Meddi
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M. Morando
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E. Nappi
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F. Navach
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P.I. Norman
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A. Palmeri
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G.S. Pappalardo
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B. Pastircak
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J. Pisut
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N. Pisutova
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R.J. Platt
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F. Posa
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E. Quercigh
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F. Riggi
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D. Rohrich
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G. Romano
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K. Safarik
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L. Sandor
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E. Schillings
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G. Segato
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M. Sene
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W. Snoeys
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F. Soramel
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M. Spyropoulou--Stassinaki
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P. Staroba
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T.A Toulina
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R. Turrisi
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T.S. Tveter
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Jakub Urban
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F.F. Valiev
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A. van de Brink
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P. van de Ven
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P. Vande Vyvre
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N. van Eijndhoven
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J. van Hunen
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A. Vascotto
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T. Vik
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O. Villalobos Baillie
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I. Vinogradov
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T. Virgili
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M.F. Votruba
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J. Vrlakova
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P. Zavada
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F. Antinori
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Abstract
The multiplicity of charged particles in the central rapidity region has been measured by the NA57 experiment in Pb–Pb collisions at the CERN SPS at two beam momenta: 158 A GeV/c and 40 A GeV/c. The value of $dN_{ch}/d\eta$ at the maximum has been determined and studied as a function of centrality within the range covered by NA57 (about 55% most central part of the inelastic cross section). The central rapidity multiplicity varies roughly linearly with the number of wounded nucleons (participants) and increases approximately logarithmically with the centre of mass energy