posted on 2024-08-06, 11:16authored byB. B. Back, M. D. Baker, D. S. Barton, R. R. Betts, R. Bindel, A. Budzanowski, W. Busza, A. Carroll, J. Corbo, M. P. Decowski, E. Garcia, N. George, K. Gulbrandsen, S. Gushue, C. Halliwell, J. Hamblen, C. Henderson, Damien HicksDamien Hicks, D. Hofman, R. S. Hollis, R. Hołyński, B. Holzman, A. Iordanova, E. Johnson, J. Kane, N. Khan, W. Kucewicz, P. Kulinich, C. M. Kuo, W. T. Lin, S. Manly, D. McLeod, J. Michałowski, A. Mignerey, J. Mülmenstädt, R. Nouicer, A. Olszewski, R. Pak, I. C. Park, H. Pernegger, M. Rafelski, M. Rbeiz, C. Reed, L. P. Remsberg, M. Reuter, C. Roland, G. Roland, L. Rosenberg, J. Sagerer, P. Sarin, P. Sawicki, W. Skulski, S. G. Steadman, P. Steinberg, G. S. Stephans, M. Stodulski, A. Sukhanov, J. L. Tang, R. Teng, A. Trzupek, C. Vale, G. J. van Nieuwenhuizen, R. Verdier, B. Wadsworth, F. L. Wolfs, B. Wosiek, A. H. Wuosmaa, B. Wysłouch, J. Katzy, K. Woźniak
The first measurement of the pseudorapidity density of primary particles in Au + Au collisions was presented at sqrt[SNN]=130 GeV. Discussion of the the energy dependence of the pseudorapidity density was done and compared with data from proton-induced collisions. The results found an increase by a factor of 1.14 ± 0.05 at 90% confidence level, compared to collisions at sqrt[SNN]=130 GeV.