Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Experiment
Scientific paper
2010-02-02
Phys.Rev.C81:034915,2010
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Experiment
9 pages, 7 figures, Published in Phys. Rev. C
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevC.81.034915
This paper presents results on event-by-event elliptic flow fluctuations in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN)=200Gev, where the contribution from non-flow correlations has been subtracted. An analysis method is introduced to measure non-flow correlations, relying on the assumption that non-flow correlations are most prominent at short ranges (Delta eta < 2). Assuming that non-flow correlations are of the order that is observed in p+p collisions for long range correlations (Delta eta > 2), relative elliptic flow fluctuations of approximately 30-40% are observed. These results are consistent with predictions based on spatial fluctuations of the participating nucleons in the initial nuclear overlap region. It is found that the long range non-flow correlations in Au+Au collisions would have to be more than an order of magnitude stronger compared to the p+p data to lead to the observed azimuthal anisotropy fluctuations with no intrinsic elliptic flow fluctuations.
Alver B.
for the PHOBOS Collaboration
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