Eur. Phys. J. C (2007) 49: 243-247
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-006-0096-3

Regular Article – Experimental Physics

Measurement of low mass dielectron continuum in  =200 GeV Au+Au collisions in the PHENIX experiment at RHIC

Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-3800, USA

^* e-mail: alberica@skipper.physics.sunysb.edu

Received: 4 August 2006
Published online: 16 November 2006

Abstract

The first measurement of the dielectron continuum at RHIC energies was performed by the PHENIX experiment for Au+Au collisions at  =200 GeV. Mass spectra for different centralities are presented and compared with the expectations from hadron decays.