Reaction plane determination in PHENIX
Reaction plane
Azimuthal anisotropy
Estimation of reaction plane
Estimation of reaction plane resolution
Reaction plane determination
Problem
Correction of reaction plane
Reaction plane determined by BBC(1)
Reaction plane determined by BBC(2)
Reaction plane determined by CNT(1)
Reaction plane determined by CNT(2)
Correlation BBC reaction plane & CNT reaction plane
Compare reaction plane resolution
between CNT and BBC
Summary
Reaction plane is determined the Beam-Beam Counter & the central arm detectors in PHENIX
To correct reaction plane, average shift correction & flattening method correction are applied.
BBC reaction plane & CNT reaction plane has a good correlation. We decide reaction plane correctly.
Reaction plane resolution which is decided BBC is better than CNT.