Phys. Rev. C 64, 054901 (2001) [23 pages]Flow analysis from multiparticle azimuthal correlationsReceived 21 May 2001; published 25 September 2001 We present a new method for analyzing directed and elliptic flow in heavy-ion collisions. Unlike standard methods, it separates the contribution of flow to azimuthal correlations from contributions due to other effects. The separation relies on a cumulant expansion of multiparticle azimuthal correlations, and includes corrections for detector inefficiencies. This new method allows the measurement of the flow of identified particles in narrow phase-space regions, and can be used in every regime, from intermediate to ultrarelativistic energies. © 2001 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.64.054901
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevC.64.054901
PACS:
25.75.Ld, 25.75.Gz
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