Entropy in cluster analysis of single events in heavy ion collisions

TL;DR

This paper applies Shannon entropy to analyze the cluster structure of multihadron states in heavy ion collisions, revealing event differentiation and providing new insights into collision dynamics.

Contribution

It introduces the use of Shannon entropy for cluster analysis in heavy ion collision data, offering a novel approach to event differentiation.

Findings

Evidence for differentiation of collision events

Application of entropy to cluster structure analysis

Insights into heavy ion collision dynamics

Abstract

We analyse the cluster structure of the final multihadron states resulting from heavy ion collisions using the concept of Jaynes - Shannon entropy. Further evidence for an interesting differentiation of events is provided.