BARC/PUB/2014/0909

 
 

Azimuthal-Angle Dependence of Charged-Pion-Interferometry Measurements with Respect to Second- and Third-Order Event Planes in Au + Au Collisions at root √SNN=200 GeV

 
     
 
Author(s)

Adare, A.; Afanasiev, S.; Aidala, C.; Choudhury, R. K.; Dutta, D.; Mohanty, A. K.; Shukla, P.; and others
(NPD)

Source

Physical Review Letters, 2014. Vol. 112 (22): Article no. 222301

ABSTRACT

Charged-pion-interferometry measurements were made with respect to the second- and third-order event plane for Au + Au collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV. A strong azimuthal-angle dependence of the extracted Gaussian-source radii was observed with respect to both the second- and third-order event planes. The results for the second-order dependence indicate that the initial eccentricity is reduced during the medium evolution, which is consistent with previous results. In contrast, the results for the third-order dependence indicate that the initial triangular shape is significantly reduced and potentially reversed by the end of the medium evolution, and that the third-order oscillations are largely dominated by the dynamical effects from triangular flow.

 
 
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