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Analysis of directed flow from three-particle correlations

N. Borghini, P. M. Dinh, J. -Y. Ollitrault

nucl-tharXiv:nucl-th/0208014

Abstract

We present a new method for analysing directed flow, based on a three-particle azimuthal correlation. It is less biased by nonflow correlations than two-particle methods, and requires less statistics than four-particle methods. It is illustrated on NA49 data.

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