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Universal parameterization of initial-state fluctuations and its applications to event-by-event anisotropy

Nuclear Theory 2015-03-04 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

We propose Elliptic Power and Power parameterizations for the probability distribution of initial state anisotropies in heavy-ion collisions. By assuming a linear eccentricity scaling, the new parameterizations can also be applied to fluctuations of harmonic flow. In particular, we analyze flow multi-particle cumulants and event-by-event distributions, both of which are recently measured at the LHC.

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@article{arxiv.1408.0709,
  title  = {Universal parameterization of initial-state fluctuations and its applications to event-by-event anisotropy},
  author = {Li Yan and Jean-Yves Ollitrault and Art M. Poskanzer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.0709},
  year   = {2015}
}

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4 pages and 3 figures, proceedings of the XXIV Quark Matter conference, May 19-24 2014, Darmstadt (Germany)