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Modelling correlations in heavy ion collisions
Modelling correlations in heavy ion collisions is reviewed from model
independent characterization of the two-particle correlations to Buda-Lund
hydro model fits to correlations and spectra in Au + Au collisions at
sqrt{s}=130 AGeV at RHIC.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, talk given at XXXI International Symposium on
Multiparticle Dynamics, Sept 1-7, 2001, Datong China. See
http://202.114.35.18
The reconstructed final state of Au + Au collisions from PHENIX and STAR data at sqrt{s}=130 AGeV - indication for quark deconfinement at RHIC
The final state of Au + Au collisions at sqrt{s}=130 AGeV at RHIC has been
reconstructed within the framework of the Buda-Lund hydrodynamical model, by
performing a simultaneous fit to final data on two-particle Bose-Einstein
correlations of the STAR and PHENIX Collaborations, and final identified single
particle spectra as measured by the PHENIX Collaboration. The results indicate
a strongly three-dimensional expansion with a four-velocity field that is
almost a spherically symmetric Hubble flow. We find large transverse
geometrical source sizes, R_G = 9.8 +- 1.2 fm, a relatively short mean
freeze-out time of tau0 = 6.1 +- 0.3 fm/c and a short duration of particle
emission, Delta_tau = 0.02 +- 1.5 fm/c. Most strikingly, we find an indication
for a hot central part or the hydrodynamically evolving core, characterized by
a central temperature of T0 = 202 +- 13 MeV, that is close to (or even above)
the deconfinement temperature of the quark-hadron phase transition. The best
fit indicates a cold surface temperature of T_s = 110 +- 16 MeV. When the
possibility of the hot center is excluded, the confidence level of the fit
decreases from 28.9 % to 1.2 %. Predictions are made for the rapidity
dependence of the slope parameters, for the transverse mass dependence of the
rapidity-width of the single-particle spectra, and for the transverse velocity
dependence of the non-indentical particle correlations.Comment: 18 pages, 3 eps figures, based on the talk of A. Ster at the Budapest
02 workshop on Quark and Hadron Dynamics, budapest1.st
Transmission parameters of the 2001 foot and mouth epidemic in Great Britain.
Despite intensive ongoing research, key aspects of the spatial-temporal evolution of the 2001 foot and mouth disease (FMD) epidemic in Great Britain (GB) remain unexplained. Here we develop a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method for estimating epidemiological parameters of the 2001 outbreak for a range of simple transmission models. We make the simplifying assumption that infectious farms were completely observed in 2001, equivalent to assuming that farms that were proactively culled but not diagnosed with FMD were not infectious, even if some were infected. We estimate how transmission parameters varied through time, highlighting the impact of the control measures on the progression of the epidemic. We demonstrate statistically significant evidence for assortative contact patterns between animals of the same species. Predictive risk maps of the transmission potential in different geographic areas of GB are presented for the fitted models
The reconstructed final state of Pb + Pb 158 AGeV reactions from spectra and correlation data of NA49, NA44 and WA98
The final state of Pb + Pb reactions at CERN SPS has been reconstructed with
the Buda-Lund hydro model, by performing a simultaneous fit to NA49, NA44 and
WA98 data on particle correlations and spectra.Comment: 4 pages, LaTeX, 4 EPS figures, 1 table; presented at QM9
An indication for deconfinement in Au+Au collisions at RHIC
We present simultaneous, quality fits to final BRAHMS, PHENIX, PHOBOS and
STAR data on particle spectra and two-particle Bose-Einstein or HBT
correlations as measured in Au+Au collisions at GeV.
Using the Buda-Lund hydro model, the best fit is achieved when the most central
1/8th of the particle emitting volume is superheated to MeV. In
contrast, we find no indication for such a hot central region in a similar
analysis of Pb+Pb data at CERN SPS.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, 1 table, presented by A. Ster at the XXXIIIth
International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics, Cracow, Poland, Sept. 200
Understanding the rapidity dependence of the elliptic flow and the HBT radii at RHIC
The pseudo-rapidity dependence of the elliptic flow at various excitation
energies measured by the PHOBOS Collaboration in Au+Au collisions at RHIC is
one of the surprising results that has not been explained before in terms of
hydrodynamical models. Here we show that these data are in agreement with
theoretical predictions and satisfy the universal scaling relation predicted by
the Buda-Lund hydrodynamical model, based on exact solutions of perfect fluid
hydrodynamics. We also show a theoretical prediction on the rapidity and
transverse momentum scaling of the HBT radii measured in heavy ion collisions,
based on the Buda-Lund model.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, proceedings contribution for M. Csanad's talk at
the Workshop on Particle Correlations and Femtoscopy 2005, Kromeri
A hint at quark deconfinement in 200 GeV Au+Au data at RHIC
We give the emission function of the axially symmetric Buda-Lund hydro model
and present its simultaneous, high quality fits to identified particle spectra,
two-particle Bose-Einstein or HBT correlations and charged particle
pseudorapidity distributions as measured by BRAHMS and PHENIX in 0-30 %
central, \sqrt{s_{\NN}} = 200 GeV Au+Au collisions at RHIC. The best fit is
achieved when the most central region of the particle emitting volume is
superheated to MeV MeV, a preliminary,
3 effect.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figures, talk of A. Ster at the 2nd Warsaw Meeting on
Correlations and Resonances in HIC, see
http://hirg.if.pw.edu.pl/en/meeting/oct2003/talks/csorgo/Ster.pp
A Duality Based 2-Approximation Algorithm for Maximum Agreement Forest
We give a 2-approximation algorithm for the Maximum Agreement Forest problem
on two rooted binary trees. This NP-hard problem has been studied extensively
in the past two decades, since it can be used to compute the Subtree
Prune-and-Regraft (SPR) distance between two phylogenetic trees. Our result
improves on the very recent 2.5-approximation algorithm due to Shi, Feng, You
and Wang (2015). Our algorithm is the first approximation algorithm for this
problem that uses LP duality in its analysis
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