The effect of triangular flow on di-hadron azimuthal correlations in relativistic heavy ion collisions

Nov, 2010
5 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.C 83 (2011) 021903
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Abstract: (arXiv)
Using the AMPT model for relativistic heavy ion collisions, we have studied the di-hadron azimuthal angular correlations triggered by emitted jets in Au+Au collisions at center of mass energy sNN=200\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200 GeV and impact parameter b=8b=8 fm. A double-peak structure for the associated particles at the away side of trigger particles is obtained after subtracting background correlations due to the elliptic flow. Both the near-side peak and the away-side double peaks in the azimuthal angular correlations are, however, significantly suppressed (enhanced) in events of small (large) triangular flow, which are present as a result of fluctuations in the initial collision geometry. After subtraction of background correlations due to the triangular flow, the away-side double peaks change into a single peak with broad shoulders on both sides. The away side of the di-hadron correlations becomes essentially a single peak after further subtraction of higher-order flows.
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  • 5 pages, 5 figures, version accepted by Rapid Communication in Physical Review C
  • 24.10.Lx
  • 12.38.Mh
  • 25.75.-q
  • heavy ion: scattering
  • parton: angular correlation
  • impact parameter
  • elliptic flow
  • string
  • gold
  • dihadron: angular correlation