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Abstract:
We present a new method for analysing directed flow, based on a three-particle azimuthal correlation. It is less biased by nonflow correlations than two-particle methods, and requires less statistics than four-particle methods. It is illustrated on NA49 data.
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  • Contribution to Quark Matter 2002, Nantes, July 18-24, 2002 Report-no: ULB-TH/02-24 Journal-ref: Nucl. Phys. A 715 (2003) 629c-632c
  • talk: Nantes 2002/07/18
  • scattering: heavy ion
  • lead
  • charged particle: hadroproduction
  • pi: hadroproduction
  • angular distribution: particle flow
  • angular correlation: (3particle)
  • numerical calculations
  • 158 GeV/nucleon