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Estimation of initial state structures in high energy heavy-ion collisions using Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
Nuclear Theory · Submitted 23 Mar 2021
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The authors' main claim It is found that for all these three different distributions, all the prominent PCA modes have shown sensitivity to the clustering.
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In high-energy heavy-ion collisions, structures in the initial collision zone are a matter of intense investigation, both from theory and experimental points of view. A large number of models have been developed to represent the initial state of the collision including Glauber model, Colour Glass Condensate (CGC) among others. Another important aspect of the study is to investigate proper observables that will be sensitive to the initial collision zone. In this work, we have discussed a formalism to implement the spatial clusters at the partonic level in the string melting version of the AMPT model for PbPb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV. These clusters are then propagated through the AMPT hadronization scheme. The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) has been used on the $\eta$, $\phi$ and $p_T$ distributions of the produced charged particles and the eigenvalues have been compared before and after the implementation of the clustering. It is found that for all these three different distributions, all the prominent PCA modes have shown sensitivity to the clustering. A centrality dependent study has also been performed on those eigenvalues.
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| s0 | In high-energy heavy-ion collisions, structures in the initial collision zone are a matter of intense investigation, both from theory and experimental points of view. | background 1.00 | 0.03 | 0.02 | asserted 0.99 |
| s1 | A large number of models have been developed to represent the initial state of the collision including Glauber model, Colour Glass Condensate (CGC) among others. | background 1.00 | 0.03 | 0.02 | asserted 1.00 |
| s2 | Another important aspect of the study is to investigate proper observables that will be sensitive to the initial collision zone. | background 0.91 | 0.06 | 0.02 | asserted 0.84 |
| s3 | In this work, we have discussed a formalism to implement the spatial clusters at the partonic level in the string melting version of the AMPT model for PbPb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV. | method 0.60 | 0.93 | 0.04 | asserted 0.96 |
| s4 | These clusters are then propagated through the AMPT hadronization scheme. | method 0.98 | 0.67 | 0.02 | asserted 0.97 |
| s5 | The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) has been used on the $\eta$, $\phi$ and $p_T$ distributions of the produced charged particles and the eigenvalues have been compared before and after the implementation of the clustering. | method 0.98 | 0.95 | 0.11 | asserted 0.94 |
| s6 | It is found that for all these three different distributions, all the prominent PCA modes have shown sensitivity to the clustering. | result 1.00 | 0.95 | 0.75 | asserted 1.00 |
| s7 | A centrality dependent study has also been performed on those eigenvalues. | contribution 0.55 | 0.94 | 0.06 | asserted 0.91 |
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In high-energy heavy-ion collisions, structures in the initial collision zone are a matter of intense investigation, both from theory and experimental points of view. A large number of models have been developed to represent the initial state of the collision including Glauber model, Colour Glass Condensate (CGC) among others. Another important aspect of the study is to investigate proper observables that will be sensitive to the initial collision zone. In this work, we have discussed a formalism to implement the spatial clusters at the partonic level in the string melting version of the AMPT model for PbPb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV. These clusters are then propagated through the AMPT hadronization scheme. The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) has been used on the $\eta$, $\phi$ and $p_T$ distributions of the produced charged particles and the eigenvalues have been compared before and after the implementation of the clustering. It is found that for all these three different distributions, all the prominent PCA modes have shown sensitivity to the clustering. A centrality dependent study has also been performed on those eigenvalues.
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There are many incarnations of the general PCA strategy, which has been extensively used since more than one hundred years in various scientific domains [ref] , in particular: condensed matter physics [ref] , high- energy physics [ref] , quantitative finance [ref] , biology and neuroscience [ref] , chemistry [ref] , geology [ref] , computer vision [ref] , random matrix theory [ref] , machine and deep learning [ref] [The range of applications is at least as numerous as the one of the RG.].
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In the present study, we have implemented a clustering algorithm on partons formed by the AMPT model [ref] in PbPb collisions at RHIC energy.
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Before discussing the PCA results, we first obtained the elliptic flow parameter $v_2$ using the event plane method [ref] for two cases i.e., with and without clustering.
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The initial stage of the collision has been implemented by HIJING [ref] through Monte-Carlo Glauber model calculations in NA and AA collisions.
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PCA has been used so-far mostly for analysing the covariance of the azimuthal distributions of the produced particles as weighted by a Fourier series primarily to extract the flow coefficients [ref] .
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PCA has been used so-far mostly for analysing the covariance of the azimuthal distributions of the produced particles as weighted by a Fourier series primarily to extract the flow coefficients [ref] .
Subleading harmonic flows in hydrodynamic simulations of heavy ion collisions · Principal Component Analysis (PCA) · 0.92
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PCA has been used so-far mostly for analysing the covariance of the azimuthal distributions of the produced particles as weighted by a Fourier series primarily to extract the flow coefficients [ref] .
Principal-component analysis of two-particle azimuthal correlations in PbPb and pPb collisions at CMS · Principal Component Analysis (PCA) · 0.92
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