| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830470 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment | 2008 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Jet-like three-particle azimuthal correlations can discriminate various physical scenarios that have been proposed to explain the observed strong modification to two-particle azimuthal correlations. The three-particle correlation analysis is notoriously difficult in heavy-ion collisions due to the large combinatorial backgrounds. We describe the general idea behind the jet-like three-particle azimuthal correlation analysis, with emphasis on the subtraction of the combinatorial backgrounds. We discuss in detail various sources of systematic uncertainties in such an analysis.
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Authors
Jason G. Ulery, Fuqiang Wang,