Abstract
The energy dependence of particle production sources in relativistic heavy-ion collisions is investigated from RHIC (Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider) to LHC (Large Hadron Collider) energies. Whereas charged-hadron production in the fragmentation sources follows a law, particle production in the mid-rapidity gluon-gluon source exhibits a much stronger dependence , and becomes dominant between RHIC and LHC energies. The production of particles with pseudorapidities beyond the beam rapidity is also discussed.
- Received 15 November 2014
- Revised 17 December 2014
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.91.014905
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