Eccentricity fluctuations and its possible effect on elliptic flow measurements
Dec, 2003Citations per year
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.Note:
- 4 pages, 4 figures, version 2 replaces fig 4a which had one line missing
- scattering: heavy ion
- multiple production
- particle flow: elliptic flow
- quark gluon: plasma
- angular correlation: ((n)particle)
- cumulant expansion
- fluctuation
- model: Glauber
- impact parameter: dependence
- numerical calculations: Monte Carlo
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