Elliptic flow measurements with the PHENIX detector

GeV). The measurements allow for the determination of elliptic flow without event-by-event estimation of the reaction plane. The measured correlation functions indicate elliptic flow values (

v_2

) which show significant sensitivity to both the collision centrality and the transverse momenta of emitted hadrons.

Note:

Contribution to Quark Matter 2001, Long Island, New York, January 15-20, 2001

talk: Stony Brook 2001/01/15
nucleus nucleus: colliding beams
scattering: heavy ion
gold
hadron: multiple production
charged particle: angular correlation
nuclear reaction: particle flow
correlation function
dependence: impact parameter
transverse momentum dependence

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