Statistical and dynamical fluctuations of Binder ratios in heavy ion collisions

Zhiming Li, Fengbo Xiong, Yuanfang Wu

Published 2011-09-14, updated 2013-01-31Version 3

Higher moments of net-proton Binder ratio, which is suggested to be a good experimental measurement to locate the QCD critical point, is measured in relativistic heavy ion collisions. We firstly estimate the effect of statistical fluctuations of the third and forth order Binder ratios. Then the dynamical Binder ratio is proposed and investigated in both transport and statistical models. The energy dependence of dynamical Binder ratios with different system sizes at RHIC beam scan energies are presented and discussed.