Analysis of the first RHIC results in the String Fusion Model

First results from RHIC on charged multiplicities, evolution of multiplicities with central-ity, particle ratios and transverse momentum distributions in central and minimum bias collisions , are analyzed in a string model which includes hard collisions, collectivity in the initial state considered as string fusion, and rescattering of the produced secondaries. Multiplici-ties and their evolution with centrality are successfully reproduced. Transverse momentum distributions in the model show a larger p T-tail than experimental data, disagreement which grows with increasing centrality. Discrepancies with particle ratios appear and are examined comparing with previous features of the model at SPS.