Eccentricity fluctuations and its possible effect on elliptic flow measurements

2003/12/07 by Mike Miller, Miller, Mike, R. J. M. Snellings +2 · 40 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Eccentricity (behavior) #Elliptic flow #FOS: Physical sciences #Flow (mathematics) #Geometry #Glauber #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Mathematics #Mechanics #Monte Carlo method #Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) #Nuclear physics #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Phase (matter) #Physics #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum mechanics #Quark #Quark–gluon plasma #Signature (topology) #Statistical physics #Statistics #nucl-ex

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.nucl-ex/0312008

published in arXiv (Cornell University) (Cornell University) · 4 pages, 4 figures, version 2 replaces fig 4a which had one line missing

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Abstract

The elliptic flow measured at RHIC has been interpreted as a signature for strong partonic interactions early in the collision and as an indication of a well developed quark-gluon plasma phase. The measured values of elliptic flow, using methods based on multi-particle correlations, are affected by fluctuations in the magnitude of the elliptic flow. In this Letter, using a Monte Carlo Glauber calculation, we estimate what the possible effect of spatial eccentricity fluctuations is on the determination of elliptic flow.

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