Measurement of charge multiplicity asymmetry correlations in high-energy nucleus-nucleus collisions at sNN=200 GeV

L. Adamczyk et al. (STAR Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. C 89, 044908 – Published 23 April 2014

Abstract

A study is reported of the same- and opposite-sign charge-dependent azimuthal correlations with respect to the event plane in Au + Au collisions at sNN=200 GeV. The charge multiplicity asymmetries between the up/down and left/right hemispheres relative to the event plane are utilized. The contributions from statistical fluctuations and detector effects were subtracted from the (co-)variance of the observed charge multiplicity asymmetries. In the mid- to most-central collisions, the same- (opposite-) sign pairs are preferentially emitted in back-to-back (aligned on the same-side) directions. The charge separation across the event plane, measured by the difference, Δ, between the like- and unlike-sign up/down-left/right correlations, is largest near the event plane. The difference is found to be proportional to the event-by-event final-state particle ellipticity (via the observed second-order harmonic v2obs), where Δ=[1.3±1.4(stat)1.0+4.0(syst)]×105+[3.2±0.2(stat)0.3+0.4(syst)]×103v2obs for 20–40% Au + Au collisions. The implications for the proposed chiral magnetic effect are discussed.

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  • Received 4 March 2013
  • Revised 22 December 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.89.044908

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Vol. 89, Iss. 4 — April 2014

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