Elliptic flow contribution to two-particle correlations at different orientations to the reaction plane
Abstract
Collective anisotropic particle flow, a general phenomenon present in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, can be separated from direct particle-particle correlations of different physics origin by virtue of its specific azimuthal pattern. We provide expressions for flow-induced two-particle azimuthal correlations, if one of the particles is detected under fixed directions with respect to the reaction plane. We consider an ideal case when the reaction plane angle is exactly known, as well as present the general expressions in case of finite event-plane resolution. We foresee applications for the study of generic two-particle correlations at large transverse momentum originating from jet fragmentation.
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@article{arxiv.nucl-ex/0311007,
title = {Elliptic flow contribution to two-particle correlations at different orientations to the reaction plane},
author = {J. Bielcikova and S. Esumi and K. Filimonov and S. Voloshin and J. P. Wurm},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-ex/0311007},
year = {2009}
}
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5 pages, 3 figures, to be published as Rapid Communications in Phys.Rev.C Re-submit paper to with small improvements in text for better understanding, some minor changes in notation, and correcting one formula where a summation was forgotten. One new reference, one reference to conference report removed since full paper was already referenced