Access Type
Open Access Dissertation
Date of Award
January 2011
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Department
Physics and Astronomy
First Advisor
Sergei Voloshin
Abstract
We present plots of the pattern of particle formation in $sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV Au+Au heavy ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) using three different two-particle correlation measurements of number and transverse momentum as a function of relative azimuth, pseudorapidity and centrality. All three observables show the onset of a ``ridge" feature of enhanced correlations in pseudorapidity with increasing centrality. The plots of real data are compared to plots of simulations using RQMD data and data from a simple ``cluster'' model. The intent of the analysis is to analyze the role of radial flow in the onset of the ridge, and to offer canonical representations of the observables.
Recommended Citation
Tarini, Laurence Henry, "Centrality dependence of two-particle number and transverse momentum correlations in 200 gev au+au collisions at rhic" (2011). Wayne State University Dissertations. 333.
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/333