Fluctuations from Thermalization at RHIC
  The centrality dependence of dynamic fluctuations of the transverse momentum and the net charge can signal the approach to local thermal equilibrium in nuclear collisions. I explore this signal by comparing transport-theory calculations to STAR and PHENIX data at a range of energies. In particular, I find that this model can describe PHENIX data on the dependence of fluctuations on the transverse momentum range in which they are measured. 
Sean Gavin