Towards a common origin of the elliptic flow, ridge and alignment

Abstract

It is claimed that elliptic flow, ridge and alignment are effects of azimuthal asymmetry, which have a common origin evolving with primary energy and stemming from the general structure of field-theoretical matrix elements. It interrelates a new ridge-phenomenon, recently found at the LHC and RHIC, with known coplanarity feature observed in collider jet physics as well as in cosmic ray studies.

Comments: 4 pages, few typos fixed, reference added, version published in JETP Letters