Abstract

The critical point of dense, strongly interacting matter is searched for at the CERN SPS in 40Ar  + 45Sc collisions at 150A  Ge V /c. The dependence of second-order scaled factorial moments of proton multiplicity distribution on the number of subdivisions of transverse momentum space is measured. The intermittency analysis is performed using both transverse momentum and cumulative transverse momentum. For the first time, statistically independent data sets are used for each subdivision number. The obtained results do not indicate any statistically significant intermittency pattern. An upper limit on the fraction of correlated proton pairs and the power of the correlation function is obtained based on a comparison with the Power-law Model developed for this purpose.

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Search for the critical point of strongly-interacting matter in 40Ar  + 45Sc collisions at 150A  Ge V /c using scaled factorial moments of protons
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Adhikary, H. 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Adrich, P. 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Allison, K. K. 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Amin, N. 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Andronov, E. V. 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Antićić, T. 6   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Arsene, I.-C. 7   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bajda, M. 8   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Balkova, Y. 9   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Baszczyk, M. 10   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Battaglia, D. 11   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bazgir, A. 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bhosale, S. 12   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bielewicz, M. 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Blondel, A. 13   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bogomilov, M. 14   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bondar, Y. 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bostan, N. 11   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Brandin, A. 5 ; Bryliński, W. 15   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Brzychczyk, J. 8   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Buryakov, M. 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Camino, A. 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 Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland (GRID:grid.411821.f) (ISNI:0000 0001 2292 9126) 
 National Centre for Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland (GRID:grid.450295.f) (ISNI:0000 0001 0941 0848) 
 University of Colorado, Boulder, USA (GRID:grid.266190.a) (ISNI:0000 0000 9621 4564) 
 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany (GRID:grid.7892.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 0075 5874) 
 Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN, Geneva, Switzerland (GRID:grid.9132.9) (ISNI:0000 0001 2156 142X) 
 Ruđjer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia (GRID:grid.4905.8) (ISNI:0000 0004 0635 7705) 
 University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway (GRID:grid.5510.1) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 8921) 
 Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland (GRID:grid.5522.0) (ISNI:0000 0001 2162 9631) 
 University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland (GRID:grid.11866.38) (ISNI:0000 0001 2259 4135) 
10  AGH-University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland (GRID:grid.9922.0) (ISNI:0000 0000 9174 1488) 
11  University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA (GRID:grid.131063.6) (ISNI:0000 0001 2168 0066) 
12  Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Cracow, Poland (GRID:grid.413454.3) (ISNI:0000 0001 1958 0162) 
13  University of Paris VI and VII, LPNHE, Paris, France (GRID:grid.508487.6) (ISNI:0000 0004 7885 7602) 
14  University of Sofia, Faculty of Physics, Sofia, Bulgaria (GRID:grid.11355.33) (ISNI:0000 0001 2192 3275) 
15  Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland (GRID:grid.1035.7) (ISNI:0000000099214842) 
16  University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA (GRID:grid.21925.3d) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 9000) 
17  University of Athens, Athens, Greece (GRID:grid.5216.0) (ISNI:0000 0001 2155 0800) 
18  University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia (GRID:grid.7149.b) (ISNI:0000 0001 2166 9385) 
19  Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary (GRID:grid.5591.8) (ISNI:0000 0001 2294 6276) 
20  University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA (GRID:grid.410445.0) (ISNI:0000 0001 2188 0957) 
21  University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland (GRID:grid.12847.38) (ISNI:0000 0004 1937 1290) 
22  Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary (GRID:grid.419766.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 1759 8344); University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland (GRID:grid.8505.8) (ISNI:0000 0001 1010 5103) 
23  Institute for Particle and Nuclear Studies, Tsukuba, Japan (GRID:grid.410794.f) (ISNI:0000 0001 2155 959X) 
24  University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany (GRID:grid.33018.39) (ISNI:0000 0001 2298 6761); Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland (GRID:grid.411821.f) (ISNI:0000 0001 2292 9126) 
25  Okayama University, Okayama, Japan (GRID:grid.261356.5) (ISNI:0000 0001 1302 4472) 
26  University of Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland (GRID:grid.8505.8) (ISNI:0000 0001 1010 5103) 
27  Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary (GRID:grid.419766.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 1759 8344) 
28  University of Paris VI and VII, LPNHE, Paris, France (GRID:grid.508487.6) (ISNI:0000 0004 7885 7602); Affiliated with an Institution Covered by a Cooperation Agreement with CERN, Geneva, Switzerland (GRID:grid.9132.9) (ISNI:0000 0001 2156 142X) 
29  Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest, Hungary (GRID:grid.419766.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 1759 8344); Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary (GRID:grid.5591.8) (ISNI:0000 0001 2294 6276) 
30  University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway (GRID:grid.7914.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 7443) 
31  National Nuclear Research Center, Baku, Azerbaijan (GRID:grid.510990.4); University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany (GRID:grid.33018.39) (ISNI:0000 0001 2298 6761) 
32  University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany (GRID:grid.33018.39) (ISNI:0000 0001 2298 6761) 
33  Fermilab, Batavia, USA (GRID:grid.417851.e) (ISNI:0000 0001 0675 0679) 
Pages
881
Publication year
2023
Publication date
Sep 2023
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Springer Nature B.V.
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14346044
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14346052
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Scholarly Journal
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English
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2870185585
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