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Centrality dependence of multiplicities in ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions

K. KajantieKari J. EskolaKari J. EskolaKimmo Tuominen

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PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsParticle physicsNuclear Theory010308 nuclear & particles physicsComputationNuclear TheoryFOS: Physical sciencesPerturbative QCD01 natural sciencesGluonNuclear Theory (nucl-th)High Energy Physics - PhenomenologyHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)0103 physical sciencesAtomic number010306 general physicsCentralityNuclear Experiment

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We compute the centrality dependence of multiplicities of particles produced in ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions at various energies and atomic numbers. The computation is carried out in perturbative QCD with saturated densities of produced gluons and by including effects of nuclear geometry. Numbers are given for Au+Au collisions at RHIC energies.

10.1016/s0370-2693(00)01341-1http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0009246