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Fluctuating flow angles and anisotropic flow measurements

Journal Article · · Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics
 [1];  [2];  [2]
  1. The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Physics; The Ohio State University
  2. The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Physics
Event-by-event fluctuations in the initial density distributions of the fireballs created in relativistic heavy-ion collisions lead to event-by-event fluctuations of the final anisotropic flow angles, and density inhomogeneities in the initial state cause these flow angles to vary with the transverse momentum of the emitted particles. It is shown that these effects lead to characteristically different transverse momentum dependencies for anisotropic flow coefficients extracted from different experimental methods. Finally, these differences can be used to experimentally constrain flow angle fluctuations in the final state of heavy-ion collisions which, in turn, are sensitive to the initial-state density fluctuations and the shear viscosity of the expanding fireball medium.
Research Organization:
The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP) (SC-26)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0004104; SC0004286
OSTI ID:
1604551
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1103990
Journal Information:
Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 87; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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