Acta Physica Polonica B

Vol. 33, No. 6, June 2002, page 1495


Event-by-Event Fluctuations in Heavy Ion Collisions

M. Doering, V. Koch

We discuss the physics underlying event-by-event fluctuations in relativistic heavy ion collisions. We will argue that the fluctuations of the ratio of positively over negatively charged particles may serve as a unique signature for the Quark Gluon Plasma.

PACS numbers: 25.75.Gz


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