The PHOBOS Glauber Monte Carlo
Nuclear Experiment
2008-05-29 v1
Abstract
``Glauber'' models are used to calculate geometric quantities in the initial state of heavy ion collisions, such as impact parameter, number of participating nucleons and initial eccentricity. The four RHIC experiments have different methods for Glauber Model calculations, leading to similar results for various geometric observables. In this document, we describe an implementation of the Monte Carlo based Glauber Model calculation used by the PHOBOS experiment. The assumptions that go in the calculation are described. A user's guide is provided for running various calculations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0805.4411,
title = {The PHOBOS Glauber Monte Carlo},
author = {B. Alver and M. Baker and C. Loizides and P. Steinberg},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.4411},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
Code available at http://www.hepforge.org/downloads/tglaubermc