Non-flow, and what flow to subtract in jet-correlation
Abstract
We derive analytical forms for non-flow contributions from cluster correlation to two-particle elliptic flow (v22) measure. We also derive an analytical form for jet-correlation flow-background with the same cluster approach. We argue that the elliptic flow v2 parameter to be used in jet-correlation background is that from two-particle method excluding non-flow correlations unrelated to the reaction plane, but including cross-terms between cluster correlation and cluster flow. We verify our result with Monte Carlo simulations. We discuss how one may obtain the v2 parameter for jet-correlation background experimentally.
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