Methods for analyzing anisotropic flow in relativistic nuclear collisions
Nuclear Experiment
2016-09-08 v2 Nuclear Theory
Abstract
The strategy and techniques for analyzing anisotropic flow (directed, elliptic, etc.) in relativistic nuclear collisions are presented. The emphasis is on the use of the Fourier expansion of azimuthal distributions. We present formulae relevant for this approach, and in particular, show how the event multiplicity enters into the event plane resolution. We also discuss the role of non-flow correlations and a method for introducing flow into a simulation.
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@article{arxiv.nucl-ex/9805001,
title = {Methods for analyzing anisotropic flow in relativistic nuclear collisions},
author = {A. M. Poskanzer and S. A. Voloshin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-ex/9805001},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
19 pages with one figure. Some equations corrected