Ultraviolet energy dependence of particle production sources in relativistic heavy-ion collisions

الأصل · EN

The energy dependence of particle production sources in relativistic heavy-ion collisions is investigated from RHIC to LHC energies. Whereas charged-hadron production in the fragmentation sources follows a ln(sₙN/s₀) law, particle production in the mid-rapidity gluon-gluon source exhibits a much stronger dependence proportional to ln³(sₙN/s₀), and becomes dominant between RHIC and LHC energies. The production of particles with pseudorapidities beyond the beam rapidity is also discussed.