Mixed Harmonic Correlations: Hydrodynamics Predictions at RHIC using Experimental Analysis Techniques

摘要

Correlations of different azimuthal flow harmonics $v_n$ and symmetry planes$\Psi_n$ can add constraints to theoretical models, and probe aspects of thesystem that are independent of the traditional single-harmonic measurements.Using NeXSPheRIO, a hydrodynamical model which has accurately reproduced alarge set of single-harmonic correlations at RHIC, we make predictions of thesenew observables for 200 A GeV Au+Au Collisions, providing an important baselinefor comparison to correlations of flow harmonics, which contain non-trivialinformation about the initial state. We also point out how to properly comparetheoretical calculations to measurements using wide centrality bins andnon-trivial event weighting.