Spherical Harmonics and Angular Distribution in Heavy Ion Collisions

The matter formed a few microseconds after the Big-Bang was likely formed of a soup of quarks and gluons, called Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP). This matter can now be experimentally created with high energy colliders. This gives us a unique chance to research more about the early Universe. The purpose of our research is to compare the flow of particles produced in High Energy Heavy Ion Collisions with Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation. The data was collected by the PHENIX detector which has a unique broad polar angle (Φ) coverage around the beam line. The particle flow is going to be studied using Spherical Harmonics for the first time in Heavy Ion Collisions, and similarly as it’s done with Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) measurements.