Phase space constraints and statistical jet studies in heavy-ion collisions

Abstract

The effect of the correlation induced by global momentum conservation on the two-particle distribution in nucleus-nucleus collisions is discussed, with a focus on the generic case of collisions with a non-vanishing impact parameter.Comment: 5 pages, invited talk at the RHIC & AGS Annual Users' Meeting, Brookhaven Nat. Lab. (USA) and at the EPS HEP 2007 Conference, Manchester (UK