Fluctuations of the Elliptic Flow
Nuclear Theory
2007-05-23 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract
We suggest to perform systematic measurements of the elliptic flow fluctuations which are sensitive to the early stage dynamics of heavy-ion collisions at high-energies. Significant flow fluctuations are shown to be generated due to the formation of topological clusters and development of the filamentation instability. The statistical noise and hydrodynamic fluctuations are also estimated.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0208052,
title = {Fluctuations of the Elliptic Flow},
author = {Stanislaw Mrowczynski and Edward Shuryak},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0208052},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Substantially revised version, 10 pages