The azimuth structure of nuclear collisions -- I

Details The azimuth structure of nuclear collisions -- I The azimuth structure of nuclear collisions -- I

2007-04-12

arxiv.org/abs/0704.1674v1

Int.J.Mod.Phys.E17:1219-1272,2008

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

27 pages, 12 figures

Scientific paper

10.1142/S0218301308010465

We describe azimuth structure commonly associated with elliptic and directed flow in the context of 2D angular autocorrelations for the purpose of precise separation of so-called nonflow (mainly minijets) from flow. We extend the Fourier-transform description of azimuth structure to include power spectra and autocorrelations related by the Wiener-Khintchine theorem. We analyze several examples of conventional flow analysis in that context and question the relevance of reaction plane estimation to flow analysis. We introduce the 2D angular autocorrelation with examples from data analysis and describe a simulation exercise which demonstrates precise separation of flow and nonflow using the 2D autocorrelation method. We show that an alternative correlation measure based on Pearson's normalized covariance provides a more intuitive measure of azimuth structure.

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