Explaining Angular Correlations Observed at RHIC with Flow and Local Charge Conservation
Nuclear Theory
2010-06-15 v4
Abstract
The observation of fluctuations of parity-odd angular observables at RHIC has been interpreted as a signal of a local parity violation. We show how the observed signal can be explained by local charge conservation at freeze-out combined with elliptic flow. Calculations from a blast wave model, which overlays thermal emission onto a collective flow profile, are shown to account for the experimentally observed signal.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1005.5341,
title = {Explaining Angular Correlations Observed at RHIC with Flow and Local Charge Conservation},
author = {Soeren Schlichting and Scott Pratt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.5341},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
minor corrections to text and to references 4 pages, 3 figures