Dear Collaborator, The paper committee working on the dN/deta paper has what we believe is a near final version for which we would now like to get collaboration comments. The paper can be downloaded in .ps or .pdf format from http://www.phsx.ukans.edu/~sanders/dndeta/dndeta.ps http://www.phsx.ukans.edu/~sanders/dndeta/dndeta.pdf The LaTeX version can be accessed from the kansas account on the piis in the directory /home/kansas/dndeta This directory also contains the figures in photoshop (.psd) and eps formats. The intent is to submit to Physics Letters B by the end of July, assuming this round of collaboration comments goes smoothly. To meet this deadline, we are asking that you submit your comments by next Tuesday, July 24. The author list and acknowledgements have been copied from the ppbar paper. Still, please check these elements carefully so that we do not inadvertently miss someone or some funding agency. The rationale for a Physics Letters submission, rather than Physical Review Letters, has several elements. The Physics Letters format allows us to more fully develop the details of our multi-component measurement while still being able to highlight the new physics results. We believe this will be one of the first RHIC papers submitted to Physics Letters, which may increase our visibility. Also, with the recent PHOBOS submissions to PRL, there would be considerable overlap between our results and those reported by PHOBOS, which could result in delays going through the refereeing process. Although we believe the numbers quoted in the draft are "final", the analysis crew will continue to look for refinements. A particular focus is the approx. 10% difference that still exists between the Si and Tile results. Although this difference is within our systematic uncertainties, we would obviously like to understand why it exists. Considerable effort has already be expended on this, however, so a "fix" within a reasonable period seems unlikely. Please copy your comment to all members of the paper committee, as listed below: Jens Jorgen Gaardhoje (gardhoje@hehi03.nbi.dk) Hiro Ito (hito@students.phsx.ukans.edu) J.H. Lee (jhlee@sgs1.hirg.bnl.gov) Fouad Rami (Fouad.Rami@IReS.in2p3.fr) Steve Sanders (ssanders@falcon.cc.ukans.edu) <-- (My normal ssanders@ku.edu address will be down this weekend) Trine Tveter ( trine@lynx.uio.no) Specific questions on details of the Si/Tile/BB analysis should be directed to Hiro, and on the TPM1 analysis to Trine, with copies to the full committee. A reasonably large number of analysis notes and presentations have been developed on this material and can be accessed from the Brahms private web pages. Regards, Steve
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