339 research outputs found
Anisotropic flow from Lee-Yang zeroes: a practical guide
We present a new method to analyze anisotropic flow from the genuine
correlation among a large number of particles, focusing on the practical
implementation of the method.Comment: 4 pages; contribution to Quark Matter 2004, Oakland, January 11-17,
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Event-plane correlators
Correlators between event planes of different harmonics in relativistic
heavy-ion collisions have the potential to provide crucial information on the
initial state of the matter formed in these collisions. We present a new
procedure for analyzing such correlators, which is less demanding in terms of
detector acceptance than the one used recently by the ATLAS collaboration to
measure various two-plane and three-plane correlators in Pb-Pb collisions at
LHC. It can also be used unambiguously for quantitative comparison between
theory and data. We use this procedure to carry out realistic simulations
within the transport model AMPT. Our theoretical results are in excellent
agreement with the ATLAS data, in contrast with previous hydrodynamic
calculations which only achieved qualitative agreement. We present predictions
for new correlators, in particular four-plane correlators, which can easily be
analyzed with our new method.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures. v2: Further explanations added; results unchange
Determining initial-state fluctuations from flow measurements in heavy-ion collisions
We present a number of independent flow observables that can be measured
using multiparticle azimuthal correlations in heavy-ion collisions. Some of
these observables are already well known, such as v2{2} and v2{4}, but most are
new--in particular, joint correlations between v1, v2 and v3. Taken together,
these measurements will allow for a more precise determination of the medium
properties than is currently possible. In particular, by taking ratios of these
observables, we construct quantities which are less sensitive to the
hydrodynamic response of the medium, and thus more directly characterize the
initial-state fluctuations of the event shape, which may constrain models for
early-time, non-equilibrium QCD dynamics. We present predictions for these
ratios using two Monte-Carlo models, and compare to available data.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, figure data included with source; v3: Mistake in
the Glauber calculation (Fig. 1) corrected after publication. Noticeable
differences in panels 3, 6 and 7 of Fig.1. Conclusions unchange
Eccentricity fluctuations and elliptic flow at RHIC
Fluctuations in nucleon positions can affect the spatial eccentricity of the
overlap zone in nucleus-nucleus collisions. We show that elliptic flow should
be scaled by different eccentricities depending on which method is used for the
flow analysis. These eccentricities are estimated semi-analytically. When
is analyzed from 4-particle cumulants, or using the event plane from directed
flow in a zero-degree calorimeter, the result is shown to be insensitive to
eccentricity fluctuations.Comment: 5 pages, 3 eps figure
Determination of the reaction plane in ultrarelativistic nuclear collisions
In the particles produced in a nuclear collision undergo collective flow, the
reaction plane can in principle be determined through a global event analysis.
We show here that collective flow can be identified by evaluating the reaction
plane independently in two separate rapidity intervals, and studying the
correlation between the two results. We give an analytical expression for the
correlation function between the two planes as a function of their relative
angle. We also discuss how this correlation function is related to the
anisotropy of the transverse momentum distribution. Email contact:
[email protected]: Saclay-T93/026 Email: [email protected]
Characterization and analysis of azimuthally sensitive correlations
A unified framework for describing the azimuthal dependence of two-particle
correlations in heavy-ion collisions is introduced, together with the methods
for measuring the corresponding observables. The generalization to azimuthal
correlations between more than two particles is presented.Comment: 7 pages; talk given at Hot Quarks 2004, Taos (NM), July 18-24,200
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