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Supriya DasCorrelation and Fluctuation in Relativistic Nuclear Collisions - Florence, July 2006 1 Fluctuation Studies at STAR Supriya Das* (for STAR Collaboration) Variable Energy Cyclotron Center, Kolkata, India * Present address : Gesellschaft fr Schwerionenforschung mbH (GSI) Darmstadt, Germany Slide 2 Supriya DasCorrelation and Fluctuation in Relativistic Nuclear Collisions - Florence, July 2006 2 Tracking Detectors: TPC, FTPC, SVT Calorimeters: BEMC, EEMC, ZDC Trigger Detectors: CTB, BBC, MWPC Photon Detector: PMD Others: TOF, FPD Goal : to track the hadrons (and photons) in each collision Solenoidal Tracker At RHIC Slide 3 Supriya DasCorrelation and Fluctuation in Relativistic Nuclear Collisions - Florence, July 2006 3 o Au + Au @ s NN 1/2 = 20, 62, 130, 200 GeV TPC data with | | < 1.0, - < < PID from TPC dE/dx Collision centrality measured by charged particle multiplicity in | |