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Estimation of a collision impact parameter

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We demonstrate that the nuclear collision geometry (i.e. impact parameter) can be determined in an event-by-event analysis by measuring the transverse energy flow in the pseudorapidity region 3≤|η|≤5 with a minimal dependence on collision dynamics details at the LHC energy scale. Using the HIJING model we have illustrated our calculation by a simulation of events of nucleus-nucleus interactions at the c.m.s. energy from 1 up to 5.5 TeV per nucleon and various types of nuclei

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14 p.
Report number
JINR-E--1-2001-64

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Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)
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Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)
INIS RN
33003597
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; IMPACT PARAMETER; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PARTON MODEL; TEV RANGE 01-10; TEV RANGE 10-100; TRANSVERSE ENERGY
Descriptors DEC
COMPOSITE MODELS; ENERGY; ENERGY RANGE; FUNCTIONS; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; SIMULATION; TEV RANGE

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11 refs., 7 figs. Submitted to the Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics