Acta Physica Polonica B

Vol. 33, No. 6, June 2002, page 1449


Centrality Measurements in the PHOBOS Experiment

Andrzej Olszewski, B.B. Back, M.D. Baker, D.S. Barton, R.R. Betts, M. Ballintijn, A.A. Bickley, R. Bindel, A. Budzanowski, W. Busza, A. Carroll, M.P. Decowski, E. Garcia, N. George, K. Gulbrandsen, S. Gushue, C. Halliwell, J. Hamblen, G.A. Heintzelman, C. Henderson, D.J. Hofman, R.S. Hollis, R. Holynski, B. Holzman, A. Iordanova, E. Johnson, J.L. Kane, J. Katzy, N. Khan, W. Kucewicz, P. Kulinich, C.M. Kuo, W.T. Lin, S. Manly, D. McLeod, J. Michalowski, A.C. Mignerey, R. Nouicer, R. Pak, I.C. Park, H. Pernegger, C. Reed, L.P. Remsberg, M. Reuter, C. Roland, G. Roland, L. Rosenberg, J. Sagerer, P. Sarin, P. Sawicki, W. Skulski, S.G. Steadman, P. Steinberg, G.S.F. Stephans, M. Stodulski, A. Sukhanov, J.-L. Tang, R. Teng, A. Trzupek, C. Vale, G.J. van Nieuwenhuizen, R. Verdier, B. Wadsworth, F.L.H. Wolfs, B. Wosiek, K. Wozniak, A.H. Wuosmaa, B. Wyslouch

The methods of centrality measurements in the PHOBOS experiment are presented. The precision and uncertainties in centrality determination are discussed.

PACS numbers: 25.75.--q


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