Glauber-based evaluations of the odd moments of the initial eccentricity relative to the even order participant planes

Nov, 2010
3 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.C 84 (2011) 027901
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Abstract: (arXiv)
Monte Carlo simulations are used to compute the centrality dependence of the odd moments of the initial eccentricity ϵn+1\epsilon_{n+1}, relative to the even order (n) participant planes Ψn\Psi^*_n in Au+Au collisions. The results obtained for two models of the eccentricity -- the Glauber and the factorized Kharzeev-Levin-Nardi (fKLN) models -- indicate magnitudes which are essentially zero. They suggest that a possible correlation between the orientations of the the odd and even participant planes (Ψn+1\Psi^*_{n+1} and Ψn\Psi^*_n respectively), do not have a significant influence on the calculated eccentricities. An experimental verification test for correlations between the orientations of the the odd and even participant planes is also proposed.
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