Latest results from the PHOBOS experiment

TL;DR

The PHOBOS experiment at RHIC has analyzed extensive datasets to study global particle production properties and fluctuations in heavy ion collisions, leveraging its large angular coverage and low transverse momentum detection capabilities.

Contribution

This paper presents the latest results from PHOBOS, providing a comprehensive survey of particle production and fluctuation analysis across various collision systems and energies.

Findings

Systematic survey of global particle production properties.

Analysis of fluctuations and correlations in heavy ion collisions.

Results covering a wide range of collision energies and centralities.

Abstract

Over the past years PHOBOS has continued to analyze the large datasets obtained from the first five runs of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The two main analysis streams have been pursued. The first one aims to obtain a broad and systematic survey of global properties of particle production in heavy ion collisions. The second class includes the study of fluctuations and correlations in particle production. Both type of studies have been performed for a variety of the collision systems, covering a wide range in collision energy and centrality. The uniquely large angular coverage of the PHOBOS detector and its ability to measure charged particles down to very low transverse momentum is exploited. The latest physics results from PHOBOS, as presented at Quark Matter 2008 Conference, are contained in this report.