# Scaling of transverse energies and multiplicities with atomic number and energy in ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions

Source: [Scaling of transverse energies and multiplicities with atomic number and energy in ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa2deb1e209131ce85db29>)

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Authors: K.J. Eskola, K. Kajantie, P.V. Ruuskanen, K. Tuominen

Published: 1999-09-21T16:15:01.000Z

## Abstract

We compute how the initial energy density and produced gluon, quark and antiquark numbers scale with atomic number and beam energy in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions. The computation is based on the argument that the effect of all momentum scales can be estimated by performing the computation at one transverse momentum scale, the saturation momentum. The initial numbers are converted to final ones by assuming kinetic thermalisation and adiabatic expansion. The main emphasis of the study is at LHC and RHIC energies but it is observed that even at SPS energies this approach leads to results which are not unreasonable: what is usually described as a completely soft nonperturbative process can also be described in terms of gluons and quarks. The key element is the use of the saturation scale.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9909456>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-ph/9909456.pdf>)