Three-Particle Azimuthal Correlations
Abstract
Two-particle azimuthal correlations in central Au+Au collisional at RHIC have revealed a broadened away-side structure, with respect to perpherial Au+Au, pp, and d+Au. This could be explained by different physics mechanisms such as: large angle gluon radiation, deflected jets, Cerenkov gluon radiation, and conical flow generated by hydrodynamic shock-waves. We can discriminate the scenarios with conical emission, Cerenkov radiation and conical flow, from the other mechanisms though three-particle correlations. In addition, the associated particle pT dependence can be used to distinguish conical flow from simple Cerenkov gluon radiation. We will discuss three-particle correlation analyses that have been performed at RHIC and what can be done at the LHC.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0709.1633,
title = {Three-Particle Azimuthal Correlations},
author = {Jason Glyndwr Ulery},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.1633},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
Talk given at 'High p_T physics at the LHC', Jyvaskyla, Finland, March 2007