STAR Flow, Chirality and Vorticity PWG

[subhash <subhash AT rcf.rhic.bnl.gov>]

Dear Achyut, PAs,

Thanks for preparing very comprehensive materials, and the paper draft 
is in very good shape. I sign-off with a few minor suggestions for your 
consideration:


1. Datassets and event selection, you could consider adding Au+Au event 
selection as well. I think the current limits are only for isobar 
analysis. The Au+Au data is used in Fig. 9 as far as I see.

2. The section on systematic uncertainty, maybe you can list the nominal 
cuts and variations in tables instead of bullet (but it's your choice). 
I would also like to bring to your attention that it is suggested by 
PWGC that if we use a sqrt(12) method for systematic uncertainty, it 
should be verified that the assumptions are valid. Probably in your 
case, it doesn't matter and dominated by statistics.
"Quoting systematic uncertainties in STAR results and measurements
     - Some results/groups use differences between variations divided by 
sqrt(12) as the systematic uncertainty while others quote just the 
difference
     - Dividing by sqrt(12) relies on some assumptions - that the 
variation is uniformly distributed and that the change of cuts capture 
the range of variations. For the cases that divide the difference by 
sqrt(12) it should be shown that the assumptions are satisfied"

3. Should we quote centrality integrated T_2 or T_3 values along the 
summary and discussion section? Although you have it in your figures. 
The data points are fluctuating due to statistics and it is bit 
difficult to gauge the small but negative number, a quantitative 
centrality integrated number might help.

4. The figures and labelling are bit small, it may not fit PRC 
requirement. Please increase them.

Thanks and regards,
Subhash


On 2024-07-17 12:09 AM, Achyut Khanal wrote:
> Dear FCV Conveners,
>
> We would like to request GPC formation for our paper "Longitudinal
> flow-plane decorrelation from multiple-plane cumulants with STAR”.
> Our target journal is PRC.
>
> Latest draft of paper can be found here:
> https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/star_deco_PRC_draft_jul16.pdf
>
> Latest draft of analysis note can be found here:
> https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/analysis_note_decorrelation_jul16.pdf
>
>
> The paper proposal blog with proposed figures and and other details
> can be found here:
>
> https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/blog/akhanal/Paper-Longitudinal-flow-plane-decorrelation-multiple-plane-cumulants-STAR
>
>
> Please let us know if you have any comments, suggestions from your end
> so that we can move this paper forward towards publication.
>
> Sincerely,
> Achyut Khanal