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# Measurement of the Elliptic and Triangular Flow in Ultra-Relativistic Cu+Cu and Au+Au Collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV

 dc.contributor.advisor Lacey, Roy en_US dc.contributor.advisor Jia, Jiangyong en_US dc.contributor.author Reynolds, Damian Lee en_US dc.contributor.other Department of Chemistry en_US dc.date.accessioned 2017-09-20T16:52:05Z dc.date.available 2017-09-20T16:52:05Z dc.date.issued 2015-12-01 en_US dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11401/77148 en_US dc.description 118 pgs en_US dc.description.abstract Differential measurements of the elliptic and triangular flow Fourier coefficients are reported for charged hadrons as a function of transverse momentum and collision centrality for Cu+Cu and Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_NN}$ = 200 GeV measured with the PHENIX detector located at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The flow coefficients, an important probe in the investigation of the quark-gluon plasma, are measured using a long-ranged two-particle correlation method where the azimuthal angles of particles about midrapidity in the central arm detectors are correlated with hits in detectors located at forward rapidity, ensuring a large pseudorapidity gap to prevent biasing due to non-flow effects. Results are also investigated in terms of the number of participants, and the geometry of the initial state nucleon configuration of the collision system such as eccentricty and transverse system size estimated using the Glauber model. Removing some of the geometric effects between the two collision systems, these results provide additional constraints for theoretical models. en_US dc.description.sponsorship This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree. en_US dc.format Monograph en_US dc.format.medium Electronic Resource en_US dc.language.iso en_US en_US dc.publisher The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY. en_US dc.subject.lcsh Nuclear physics and radiation en_US dc.subject.other 200 GeV, Cu+Cu, elliptic, Flow, heavy-ion, triangular en_US dc.title Measurement of the Elliptic and Triangular Flow in Ultra-Relativistic Cu+Cu and Au+Au Collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV en_US dc.type Dissertation en_US dc.mimetype Application/PDF en_US dc.contributor.committeemember Sears, Trevor en_US dc.contributor.committeemember Kiryluk, Joanna en_US
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