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View SchemaEccentricity fluctuations and elliptic flow at RHIC
| Authors | Rajeev S. Bhalerao, Jean-Yves Ollitrault |
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| ArXiv ID | nucl-th/0607009 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0607009 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.physletb.2006.08.055 |
| Journal | Phys.Lett.B641:260-264,2006 |
Abstract
Fluctuations in nucleon positions can affect the spatial eccentricity of the overlap zone in nucleus-nucleus collisions. We show that elliptic flow should be scaled by different eccentricities depending on which method is used for the flow analysis. These eccentricities are estimated semi-analytically. When $v_2$ is analyzed from 4-particle cumulants, or using the event plane from directed flow in a zero-degree calorimeter, the result is shown to be insensitive to eccentricity fluctuations.
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