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Factorial Moments in the NICA/MPD Experiment

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The study of the scaled factorial moments of the multiplicity distribution in rapidity intervals as function of the rapidity interval size is presented for Au + Au interactions at √sNN = 7.7 and 11.5 GeV using the HYDJET++, UrQMD and vHLLE+UrQMD generators. This measurement is sensitive to the size and power of the multiparticle correlations. The sensitivity of the measurement to the initial conditions and properties of nuclear matter equation of state is discussed.

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This work was supported by grant no. 18-02-40044 from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.

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  1. Scobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    O. Kodolova, M. Cheremnova, I. Lokhtin, A. Chernyshov & L. Malinina

  2. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia

    L. Malinina, K. Mikhaylov & P. Batyuk

  3. National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow, Russia

    G. Nigmatkulov

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Kodolova, O., Cheremnova, M., Lokhtin, I. et al. Factorial Moments in the NICA/MPD Experiment. Phys. Part. Nuclei 52, 658–662 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106377962104033X

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