# Beam-Energy and System-Size Dependence of Dynamical Net Charge Fluctuations

Abstract : We present measurements of net charge fluctuations in $Au + Au$ collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} =$ 19.6, 62.4, 130, and 200 GeV, $Cu + Cu$ collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} =$ 62.4, 200 GeV, and $p + p$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 200 GeV using the dynamical net charge fluctuations measure $\nu_{+-{\rm,dyn}}$. We observe that the dynamical fluctuations are non-zero at all energies and exhibit a modest dependence on beam energy. A weak system size dependence is also observed. We examine the collision centrality dependence of the net charge fluctuations and find that dynamical net charge fluctuations violate $1/N_{ch}$ scaling, but display approximate $1/N_{part}$ scaling. We also study the azimuthal and rapidity dependence of the net charge correlation strength and observe strong dependence on the azimuthal angular range and pseudorapidity widths integrated to measure the correlation.
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### Citation

B. I. Abelev, M. M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, B. D. Anderson, D. Arkhipkin, et al.. Beam-Energy and System-Size Dependence of Dynamical Net Charge Fluctuations. Physical Review C, American Physical Society, 2009, 79, pp.024906. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevC.79.024906⟩. ⟨in2p3-00303483⟩

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