pith. sign in

arxiv: 1010.0233 · v2 · pith:X4KQAN4Bnew · submitted 2010-10-01 · ⚛️ nucl-ex · nucl-th

Flow analysis with cumulants: direct calculations

classification ⚛️ nucl-ex nucl-th
keywords correlationsflowcalculationscumulantsmeasurementsmulti-particleanalysisanisotropic
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

Anisotropic flow measurements in heavy-ion collisions provide important information on the properties of hot and dense matter. These measurements are based on analysis of azimuthal correlations and might be biased by contributions from correlations that are not related to the initial geometry, so called non-flow. To improve anisotropic flow measurements advanced methods based on multi-particle correlations (cumulants) have been developed to suppress non-flow contribution. These multi-particle correlations can be calculated by looping over all possible multiplets, however this quickly becomes prohibitively CPU intensive. Therefore, the most used technique for cumulant calculations is based on generating functions. This method involves approximations, and has its own biases, which complicates the interpretation of the results. In this paper we present a new exact method for direct calculations of multi-particle cumulants using moments of the flow vectors.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.

Forward citations

Cited by 7 Pith papers

Reviewed papers in the Pith corpus that reference this work. Sorted by Pith novelty score.

  1. Characterizing the initial state and dynamical evolution in XeXe and PbPb collisions using multiparticle cumulants

    nucl-ex 2025-10 unverdicted novelty 7.0

    First measurements of mixed-order multiparticle cumulants of flow harmonics v2, v3, and v4 in XeXe collisions at 5.44 TeV compared to PbPb at 5.36 TeV show sensitivity to nuclear deformation and nonlinear hydrodynamic...

  2. Measurement of the azimuthal anisotropy of charged particles in $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}=5.36$ TeV $^{16}$O$+^{16}$O and $^{20}$Ne$+^{20}$Ne collisions with the ATLAS detector

    nucl-ex 2025-09 unverdicted novelty 7.0

    First measurements of v_n (n=2-4) in 5.36 TeV O+O and Ne+Ne collisions show enhanced v2 in central neon collisions consistent with prolate nuclear deformation.

  3. Explaining higher-order correlations between elliptic and triangular flow

    nucl-th 2025-11 unverdicted novelty 6.0

    Higher-order v2-v3 cumulants reduce to expressions fixed by the mean elliptic flow from nuclear overlap geometry.

  4. Species-Resolved Scaling of Azimuthal Anisotropy: Constraining Attenuation, Collective Expansion, and Hadronic Dynamics in Hydrodynamic Simulations

    nucl-th 2026-04 unverdicted novelty 5.0

    Species-resolved scaling functions for azimuthal anisotropy from iEBE-VISHNU simulations of Pb+Pb collisions collapse robustly across kinematics and species, enabling constraints on attenuation, collective expansion, ...

  5. Effectiveness of nonflow suppression using multi-particle correlators

    nucl-th 2026-04 unverdicted novelty 5.0

    Toy models show multi-particle correlators can increase rather than reduce deviation from true flow harmonics in small collision systems.

  6. Investigation of Nonlinear Collective Dynamics in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions Using A Multi-Phase Transport Model

    nucl-th 2026-04 unverdicted novelty 4.0

    AMPT simulations show the ratio of nonlinear response coefficients between U+U and Au+Au collisions remains stable across evolution stages, isolating initial geometric correlations.

  7. Collective effects in O-O and Ne-Ne collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}$=5.36 TeV from a hybrid approach

    nucl-th 2025-09 unverdicted novelty 3.0

    Predictions for collective flow in O-O collisions at 5.36 TeV are generated with SMASH-vHLLE hybrid, pure SMASH, and Angantyr models to probe the onset of QGP formation in small systems.