Flow analysis from multiparticle azimuthal correlations
Nuclear Theory
2008-11-26 v2 Nuclear Experiment
Abstract
We present a new method for analyzing directed and elliptic flow in heavy ion collisions. Unlike standard methods, it separates the contribution of flow to azimuthal correlations from contributions due to other effects. The separation relies on a cumulant expansion of multiparticle azimuthal correlations, and includes corrections for detector inefficiencies. This new method allows the measurement of the flow of identified particles in narrow phase-space regions, and can be used in every regime, from intermediate to ultrarelativistic energies.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0105040,
title = {Flow analysis from multiparticle azimuthal correlations},
author = {Nicolas Borghini and Phuong Mai Dinh and Jean-Yves Ollitrault},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0105040},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
31 pages, revtex. Published version (references added)