Energy and system-size dependence of two- and four-particle v[subscript 2] measurements in heavy-ion collisions at [radical over s[subscript NN]]=62.4 and 200 GeV and their implications on flow fluctuations and nonflow
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Balewski, Jan T.; Betancourt, Michael Joseph; Corliss, Ross Cameron; Hays-Wehle, James Prewitt; Leight, William Axel; Milner, Richard G.; Redwine, Robert P.; Seele, J.; Walker, M.; van Nieuwenhuizen, Gerrit Jan; Steadman, Stephen G.; Surrow, Bernd; ... Show more Show less
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We present STAR measurements of azimuthal anisotropy by means of the two- and four-particle cumulants v[subscript 2] (v[subscript 2]{2} and v[subscript 2]{4}) for Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at center-of-mass energies [radical over s[subscript NN]]=62.4 and 200 GeV. The difference between v[subscript 2]{2}[superscript 2] and v[subscript 2]{4}[superscript 2] is related to v[subscript 2] fluctuations (σ[subscript v2]) and nonflow (δ[subscript 2]). We present an upper limit to σ[subscript v2]/v[subscript 2]. Following the assumption that eccentricity fluctuations σɛ dominate v[subscript 2] fluctuations σ[subscript v2]/v[subscript 2]≈σ[subscript ɛ]/ɛ we deduce the nonflow implied for several models of eccentricity fluctuations that would be required for consistency with v[subscript 2]{2} and v[subscript 2]{4}. We also present results on the ratio of v[subscript 2] to eccentricity.
Date issued
2012-07Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear ScienceJournal
Physical Review C
Publisher
American Physical Society
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Agakishiev, G. et al. “Energy and System-size Dependence of Two- and Four-particle V_{2} Measurements in Heavy-ion Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=62.4 and 200 GeV and Their Implications on Flow Fluctuations and Nonflow.” Physical Review C 86.1 (2012). ©2012 American Physical Society
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0556-2813
1089-490X