# QM 2011 - XXII International Conference on Ultrarelativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions

May 22 – 28, 2011
Centre Bonlieu
Europe/Zurich timezone

## Determining initial state fluctuations from flow measurements

May 23, 2011, 4:20 PM
20m
Rotonde de l'Europe (Imperial Palace)

### Rotonde de l'Europe

#### Imperial Palace

Parallel Pre-equilibrium and initial state physics

### Speaker

Dr Jean-Yves Ollitrault (SPhT, Saclay)

### Description

Long-range azimuthal correlations are generated by fluctuations of the initial energy distribution, followed by collective flow. We list eight independent observables which can be measured using multiparticle azimuthal correlations in the first three Fourier harmonics. Some of these observables are already well known, such as $v_2\{2\}$ and $v_2\{4\}$, but most of them are new, in particular, the joint correlations between $v_1$, $v_2$ and $v_3$. We show that by taking ratios of these observables, one can construct quantities which are largely independent of the hydrodynamic response of the medium, and thus are solely determined by initial fluctuations. We present predictions for these ratios using a Monte-Carlo Glauber model and a Monte-Carlo KLN model, and compare to existing data from STAR and ALICE.

### Primary author

Dr Jean-Yves Ollitrault (SPhT, Saclay)

### Co-authors

Dr Matthew Luzum (IPhT Saclay) Prof. Rajeev Bhalerao (TIFR, Mumbai)

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