Different void fluctuation in ring-like events and jet-like events in 16O–AgBr interactions at 60 AGeV

Abstract

This paper reports a study of fluctuations and possible signature of quark–hadron phase transition in high energy collisions. The study is based on the ring-like and jet-like events for pions produced in 16 O – AgBr interactions at 60 AGeV. We have performed two-dimensional analysis (η-φ space) of fluctuation of voids for two types of azimuthal substructures of produced pions (ring-like and jet-like) following connecting void approach given by R. C. Hwa and Q. H. Zhang. The values of two parameters "c" and "s" reveal different void pattern fluctuation in ring-like and jet-like events, which hints toward different mechanism in their production process.