부산대학교 도서관

We present measurements of three-particle correlations for various harmonicsin Au+Au collisions at energies ranging from $\sqrt{s_{{\rm NN}}}=7.7$ to 200GeV using the STAR detector. The quantity$\langle\cos(m\phi_1+n\phi_2-(m+n)\phi_3)\rangle$ is evaluated as a function of$\sqrt{s_{{\rm NN}}}$, collision centrality, transverse momentum, $p_T$,pseudo-rapidity difference, $\Delta\eta$, and harmonics ($m$ and $n$). Thesedata provide detailed information on global event properties like thethree-dimensional structure of the initial overlap region, the expansiondynamics of the matter produced in the collisions, and the transport propertiesof the medium. A strong dependence on $\Delta\eta$ is observed for mostharmonic combinations consistent with breaking of longitudinal boostinvariance. Data reveal changes with energy in the two-particle correlationfunctions relative to the second-harmonic event-plane and provide ways toconstrain models of heavy-ion collisions over a wide range of collisionenergies.