Research Article

Speed of Sound Parameter from RHIC and LHC Heavy-Ion Data

Table 1

Values of for the participants (P) and spectators (S) as well as /dof for the curves in Figures 14 which represent Au-Au collisions at RHIC energies.

Bin (%) (P) (S) /dof

19.6 GeV
0–3 0.431
3–6 0.489
6–10 0.555
10–15 0.602
15–20 0.399
20–25 0.090
25–30 0.145
30–35 0.108
35–40 0.075
40–45 0.183

62.4 GeV
0–3 0.983
3–6 0.610
6–10 0.199
10–15 0.205
15–20 0.146
20–25 0.155
25–30 0.139
30–35 0.128
35–40 0.114
40–45 0.127
45–50 0.074

130 GeV
0–3 0.295
3–6 0.243
6–10 0.351
10–15 0.250
15–20 0.101
20–25 0.066
25–30 0.181
30–35 0.137
35–40 0.092
40–45 0.092
45–50 0.183

200 GeV
0–3 0.128
3–6 0.048
6–10 0.029
10–15 0.214
15–20 0.057
20–25 0.192
25–30 0.239
30–35 0.144
35–40 0.099
40–45 0.087
45–50 0.081