Correlation variable sigma and the centrality of heavy ion collisions (IMAGE)

The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences

Correlation variable sigma and the centrality of heavy ion collisions

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Children's intelligence may appear to be statistically related to their weight because the relationship is sensitive to age fluctuations within the study group. A similar phenomenon occurs in the case of the correlation variable sigma and the centrality of heavy ion collisions in the LHC accelerator.

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Source: IFJ PAN

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