Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Theory
Scientific paper
2007-08-06
Phys.Lett.B659:537-541,2008
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Theory
Very minor changes, as submitted to Phys. Lett. B
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.physletb.2007.11.043
We discuss a specific model of elliptic flow fluctuations due to Gaussian fluctuations in the initial spatial $x$ and $y$ eccentricity components $\left\{\mean{(\sigma_y^2-\sigma_x^2)/(\sigma_x^2+\sigma_y^2)}, \mean{2\sigma_{xy}/(\sigma_x^2+\sigma_y^2)} \right\}$. We find that in this model $\vfour$, elliptic flow determined from 4-particle cumulants, exactly equals the average flow value in the reaction plane coordinate system, $\mean{v_{RP}}$, the relation which, in an approximate form, was found earlier by Bhalerao and Ollitrault in a more general analysis, but under the same assumption that $v_2$ is proportional to the initial system eccentricity. We further show that in the Gaussian model all higher order cumulants are equal to $\vfour$. Analysis of the distribution in the magnitude of the flow vector, the $Q-$distribution, reveals that it is totally defined by two parameters, $\vtwo$, the flow from 2-particle cumulants, and $\vfour$, thus providing equivalent information compared to the method of cumulants. The flow obtained from the $Q-$distribution is again $\vfour=\mean{v_{RP}}$.
Poskanzer Arthur M.
Tang Aihong
Voloshin Sergei A.
Wang Gang
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