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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