Directed and elliptic flow of charged pions and protons in Pb + Pb collisions at 40 and 158 A GeV

Christopher Alt, Tome Antičić, B. Baatar, Daniel Barna, Jerzy Bartke, Matthias Behler, Latchezar Betev, Helena Białkowska, Anja Billmeier, Christoph Blume, Bożena Boimska, Nicolas Borghini, Michiel Botje, Juraj Bracinik, Roland Bramm, René Brun, Predrag Bunčić, Vladimír Černý, Ondrej Chvala, Glenn E. Cooper, John G. Cramer, Péter Csató, Phuong Mai Dinh, Peter Dinkelaker, Volker Eckardt, Peter Filip, Zoltán Fodor, Panagiota Foka, Peter Freund, Volker Friese, József Gál, Marek Gaździcki, George Georgopoulos, Ewa Gładysz, Sándor Hegyi, Claudia Höhne, Peter Martin Jacobs, Krešo Kadija, Alexandre Karev, Stefan Kniege, Vadim I. Kolesnikov, Thorsten Kollegger, Robert Korus, Marek Kowalski, Ingrid Kraus, Michal Kreps, Marco van Leeuwen, Péter Lévai, Aleksandr I. Malakhov, Christina Markert, Bill W. Mayes, Georgy L. Melkumov, Christine Meurer, André Mischke, Michael Kosta Mitrovski, József Molnár, Stanislaw Mrówczyński, Grazyna Janina Odyniec, Jean-Yves Ollitrault, Gabriella Pálla, Apostolos D. Panagiotou, Katarzyna Perl, Athanasios Petridis, Miroslav Pikna, Lawrence Pinsky, Arthur M. Poskanzer, Falk Pühlhofer, Jeffrey G. Reid, Rainer Arno Ernst Renfordt, Waldemar Retyk, Hans Georg Ritter, Christof Roland, Gunther Roland, Maciej Rybczyński, Andrzej Rybicki, Andres Sandoval, Hans Sann, Norbert Schmitz, Peter Seyboth, Ferenc Siklér, Branislav Sitar, Ewa Skrzypczak, Raimond Snellings, Grzegorz Stefanek, Reinhard Stock, Herbert Ströbele, Tatjana Šuša, Imre Szentpétery, János Sziklai, Thomas A. Trainor, Dezsö Varga, Maria Vassiliou, Gábor I. Veres, György Vesztergombi, Sergei Voloshin, Danilo Vranić, Alexander Albert Wetzler, Zbigniew Włodarczyk, In-Kwon Yoo, Jacek Zaranek, József Zimányi

  • Directed and elliptic flow measurements for charged pions and protons are reported as a function of transverse momentum, rapidity, and centrality for 40 and 158A GeV Pb + Pb collisions as recorded by the NA49 detector. Both the standard method of correlating particles with an event plane, and the cumulant method of studying multiparticle correlations are used. In the standard method the directed flow is corrected for conservation of momentum. In the cumulant method elliptic flow is reconstructed from genuine 4, 6, and 8-particle correlations, showing the first unequivocal evidence for collective motion in A+A collisions at SPS energies.

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Author:Christopher Alt, Tome AntičićORCiD, B. Baatar, Daniel BarnaORCiD, Jerzy BartkeGND, Matthias BehlerGND, Latchezar BetevORCiDGND, Helena BiałkowskaORCiD, Anja BillmeierGND, Christoph BlumeORCiDGND, Bożena BoimskaORCiD, Nicolas BorghiniORCiD, Michiel BotjeORCiD, Juraj BracinikORCiD, Roland BrammGND, René BrunGND, Predrag Bunčić, Vladimír Černý, Ondrej ChvalaORCiD, Glenn E. Cooper, John G. CramerGND, Péter Csató, Phuong Mai Dinh, Peter DinkelakerGND, Volker Eckardt, Peter FilipORCiD, Zoltán FodorGND, Panagiota FokaORCiD, Peter Freund, Volker FrieseORCiDGND, József Gál, Marek GaździckiORCiD, George Georgopoulos, Ewa GładyszORCiD, Sándor Hegyi, Claudia HöhneGND, Peter Martin JacobsORCiD, Krešo Kadija, Alexandre Karev, Stefan KniegeGND, Vadim I. KolesnikovORCiD, Thorsten KolleggerORCiDGND, Robert Korus, Marek Kowalski, Ingrid KrausGND, Michal KrepsORCiD, Marco van LeeuwenORCiDGND, Péter LévaiGND, Aleksandr I. MalakhovGND, Christina MarkertORCiDGND, Bill W. Mayes, Georgy L. Melkumov, Christine MeurerGND, André MischkeORCiD, Michael Kosta MitrovskiGND, József Molnár, Stanislaw MrówczyńskiORCiD, Grazyna Janina Odyniec, Jean-Yves OllitraultORCiD, Gabriella Pálla, Apostolos D. Panagiotou, Katarzyna Perl, Athanasios PetridisORCiD, Miroslav Pikna, Lawrence PinskyORCiD, Arthur M. PoskanzerORCiDGND, Falk PühlhoferGND, Jeffrey G. Reid, Rainer Arno Ernst Renfordt, Waldemar Retyk, Hans Georg Ritter, Christof RolandORCiDGND, Gunther RolandGND, Maciej RybczyńskiORCiD, Andrzej RybickiORCiD, Andres SandovalORCiD, Hans Sann, Norbert SchmitzGND, Peter SeybothORCiDGND, Ferenc SiklérORCiD, Branislav Sitar, Ewa Skrzypczak, Raimond SnellingsORCiD, Grzegorz StefanekORCiD, Reinhard StockGND, Herbert Ströbele, Tatjana ŠušaORCiD, Imre Szentpétery, János SziklaiORCiD, Thomas A. TrainorORCiD, Dezsö VargaORCiDGND, Maria VassiliouORCiD, Gábor I. VeresORCiD, György Vesztergombi, Sergei VoloshinORCiDGND, Danilo VranićGND, Alexander Albert WetzlerGND, Zbigniew WłodarczykORCiD, In-Kwon YooORCiDGND, Jacek ZaranekGND, József Zimányi
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-16458
DOI:https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.nucl-ex/0303001
ArXiv Id:http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-ex/0303001v2
Document Type:Preprint
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2003/07/15
Date of first Publication:2003/07/15
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Creating Corporation:NA49 Collaboration
Release Date:2005/09/27
Page Number:37
Source:Phys.Rev. C68 (2003), http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-ex/0303001
HeBIS-PPN:188895604
Institutes:Physik / Physik
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht