Publication : t09/047
Effect of flow fluctuations and nonflow on elliptic flow methods
Ollitrault J.-Y. (CEA, IPhT (Institut de Physique Théorique), F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France)Poskanzer A.M. (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley CA 94720, USA)
Voloshin S.A. (Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA)
Abstract:Année de publication : 2009
We discuss how the different estimates of elliptic flow are influenced by flow fluctuations and nonflow effects. It is explained why the event-plane method yields estimates between the two-particle correlation methods and the multiparticle correlation methods. It is argued that nonflow effects and fluctuations cannot be disentangled without other assumptions. However, we provide equations where, with reasonable assumptions about fluctuations and nonflow, all measured values of elliptic flow converge to a unique mean v_{2,PP} elliptic flow in the participant plane and, with a Gaussian assumption on eccentricity fluctuations, can be converted to the mean v_{2,RP} in the reaction plane. Thus, the 20% spread in observed elliptic flow measurements from different analysis methods is no longer mysterious.
Revue : Phys. Rev. C 80 014904 (2009)
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevC.80.014904
Preprint : arXiv:0904.2315
Langue : Anglais
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