Production of Secondaries in pp Collisions at RHIC Energies

TL;DR

This paper models secondary particle production in proton-proton collisions at RHIC energies using the Quark-Gluon String Model, highlighting the impact of baryon number transfer on net baryon production and aligning well with experimental data.

Contribution

It introduces a detailed calculation of secondary densities incorporating baryon number transfer via gluon string junctions within the QGSM framework.

Findings

Numerical results agree with RHIC data.

Baryon number transfer significantly affects net baryon production.

Model successfully reproduces experimental inclusive densities.

Abstract

The midrapidity inclusive densities of different secondaries are calculated in the framework of the Quark-Gluon String Model. The transfer of baryon number in rapidity space due to the gluon string junction propagation leads to a significant effect on the net baryon production. The numerical results are in reasonable agreement with RHIC experimental data.