1998/05/31 by A. M. Poskanzer, S. A. Voloshin · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #nucl-ex #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevc.58.1671
published as Phys.Rev.C58:1671-1678,1998 · 19 pages with one figure. Some equations corrected
arxiv created 1998/06/24 · arxiv updated 2016/09/07
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.