Measurements of dihadron correlations relative to the event plane in Au plus Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61389005%3A_____%2F21%3A00541445" target="_blank" >RIV/61389005:_____/21:00541445 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/68407700:21340/21:00351205
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-1137/abdf3f" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-1137/abdf3f</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1674-1137/abdf3f" target="_blank" >10.1088/1674-1137/abdf3f</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Measurements of dihadron correlations relative to the event plane in Au plus Au collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV
Original language description
Dihadron azimuthal correlations containing a high transverse momentum (p(T)) trigger particle are sensitive to the properties of the nuclear medium created at RHIC through the strong interactions occurring between the traversing parton and the medium, i.e. jet-quenching. Previous measurements revealed a strong modification to dihadron azimuthal correlations in Au+Au collisions with respect to p+p and d+Au collisions. The modification increases with the collision centrality, suggesting a path-length or energy density dependence to the jet-quenching effect. This paper reports STAR measurements of dihadron azimuthal correlations in mid-central (20%-60%) Au+Au collisions at root s(NN)= 200 GeV as a function of the trigger particle's azimuthal angle relative to the event plane, phi(s) = vertical bar phi(t) - psi(EP)vertical bar .The azimuthal correlation is studied as a function of both the trigger and associated particle p(T). The subtractions of the combinatorial background and anisotropic flow, assuming Zero Yield At Minimum (ZYAM), are described. The correlation results are first discussed with subtraction of the even harmonic (elliptic and quadrangular) flow backgrounds. The away-side correlation is strongly modified, and the modification varies with phi(s), with a double-peak structure for out-of-plane trigger particles. The near-side ridge (long range pseudo-rapidity Delta(eta) correlation) appears to drop with increasing phi(s) while the jet-like component remains approximately constant. The correlation functions are further studied with the subtraction of odd harmonic triangular flow background arising from fluctuations. It is found that the triangular flow, while responsible for the majority of the amplitudes, is not sufficient to explain the phi(s)-dependence of the ridge or the away-side double-peak structure. The dropping ridge with phi(s), could be attributed to a phi(s)-dependent elliptic anisotropy. however, the physics mechanism of the ridge remains an open question. Even with a phi(s)-dependent elliptic flow, the away-side correlation structure is robust. These results, with extensive systematic studies of the dihadron correlations as a function of phi(s), trigger and associated particle p(T), and the pseudo-rapidity range Delta(eta), should provide stringent inputs to help understand the underlying physics mechanisms of jet-medium interactions in high energy nuclear collisions.
Czech name
—
Czech description
—
Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
—
OECD FORD branch
10304 - Nuclear physics
Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Chinese Physics C
ISSN
1674-1137
e-ISSN
2058-6132
Volume of the periodical
45
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
44
Pages from-to
044002
UT code for WoS article
000631365200001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85103504473