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\contentsline {chapter}{List of contributions}{2}{section*.1}
\contentsline {chapter}{Change log}{2}{section*.2}
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\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {1}Introduction}{1}{chapter.1}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {2}Monte Carlo Samples }{2}{chapter.2}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {3}Data Sample and Event Selection}{4}{chapter.3}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Event Selection}{4}{section*.7}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{ZDC Veto}{5}{section*.9}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.1}Track Selection}{5}{section.3.1}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.2}Fiducial Region of the Measurement}{8}{section.3.2}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {4}Background Contribution}{11}{chapter.4}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Accidental Background}{11}{section*.15}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.1}Background from Non-Primary Tracks}{13}{section.4.1}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Proton Background}{14}{section*.19}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Systematic Uncertainty Related to Proton Background}{17}{section*.23}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Pion Background}{19}{section*.26}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.2}Control Plots}{20}{section.4.2}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {5}Selection Efficiencies}{24}{chapter.5}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.1}Vertex Reconstruction}{24}{section.5.1}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.2}Correction to BBC-Small }{29}{section.5.2}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {6}Migrations into and out of the~Fiducial Region}{33}{chapter.6}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {6.1}Migrations of Tracks into and out of the~Fiducial Region}{33}{section.6.1}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {6.2}Migrations in $\xi $}{34}{section.6.2}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {7}Event Corrections and Unfolding Procedure}{37}{chapter.7}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {7.1}Correction to $dN/dn_\textrm {sel}$}{37}{section.7.1}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {7.2}Correction to Transverse Momentum and Pseudorapidity Distributions}{40}{section.7.2}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {7.3}Closure Tests}{41}{section.7.3}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {7.4}EAST-WEST asymmetry}{41}{section.7.4}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {7.5}Particle Identification}{42}{section.7.5}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {7.6}Antiparticle-to-Particle Ratios}{48}{section.7.6}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {8}Systematic Uncertainties}{49}{chapter.8}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {9}Results}{55}{chapter.9}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {9.1}Comparison of Charged-Particle Densities at Central Rapidities}{64}{section.9.1}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {10}Summary and Conclusions}{66}{chapter.10}
\contentsline {chapter}{Appendices}{69}{section*.78}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {A}Proton and Antiproton DCA Distributions}{70}{Appendix.1.A}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {B}Distributions of $n\sigma ^{i}_{dE/dx}$ in SD}{83}{Appendix.1.B}