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Anisotropic flow at RHIC

Nuclear Experiment 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

We present the first measurement of directed flow (v1v_1) at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). v1v_1 is found to be consistent with zero at pseudorapidities η\eta from -1.2 to 1.2, then rises to the level of a couple of percent over the range 2.4<η<42.4 < |\eta| < 4. The latter observation is similar to that from NA49 if the SPS rapidities are shifted by the difference in beam rapidity between RHIC and SPS. We studied the evolution of elliptic flow from p+p collisions through d+Au collision, and onto Au+Au collisions. Measurements of higher harmonics are presented and discussed.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-ex/0405004,
  title  = {Anisotropic flow at RHIC},
  author = {A. H. Tang and STAR Collaboration},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-ex/0405004},
  year   = {2009}
}

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6 pages, 3 figures. Proceeding for the 20th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics, Jamaica