Charged Hadron Multiplicity Distribution at Relativistic Heavy-Ion Colliders

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</svg>). Figure is taken from [<a href="/journals/ahep/2013/352180/#B41">41</a>].</table>

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Figure 1: Charged Hadron Multiplicity Distribution at Relativistic Heavy-Ion Colliders 