Search for azimuthal anisotropic flow in proton-proton collisions
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Summary, in English
In high energy heavy ion collisions a new state of matter called quark gluon plasma is produced. An important observable is azimuthal anisotropy flow. Data from the ALICE experiment is used in the search for azimuthal anisotropic flow in pp collisions, at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 7$ TeV. p--Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 5.02$ TeV are used to create a baseline. It is expected to find symmetries in $\Delta\eta$ and $\Delta\varphi$ for a mini-jet.
Results are obtained using a simplified two--particles correlation method together with a simplified Bethe--Bloch particle identification (PID) in two trigger ranges, $p_{\textrm{T}}^{trig}>2$ GeV$/c$ and $p_{\textrm{T}}^{trig}>3$ GeV$/c$.
The analysis is performed using the ALICE Time Projection Chamber. The results are compared to Monte Carlo simulations from the event generator PYTHIA.
Results are obtained using a simplified two--particles correlation method together with a simplified Bethe--Bloch particle identification (PID) in two trigger ranges, $p_{\textrm{T}}^{trig}>2$ GeV$/c$ and $p_{\textrm{T}}^{trig}>3$ GeV$/c$.
The analysis is performed using the ALICE Time Projection Chamber. The results are compared to Monte Carlo simulations from the event generator PYTHIA.
Publishing year
2015
Language
English
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Document type
Student publication for Bachelor's degree
Topic
- Physics and Astronomy
Supervisor
- Peter Christiansen