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Anisotropic flow in ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2014-11-17 v1

Abstract

A sign reversal of the directed flow parameter v1v_1 in the central rapidity region in Au+Au collisions at s=200\sqrt s =200~AGeV is predicted. This anti-flow is shown to be linked to the expansion of the hot matter created. In line with this observation the predicted elliptic flow parameter v2v_2 of various particle species is predicted and linked to the mean free path of these particles.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0006147,
  title  = {Anisotropic flow in ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions},
  author = {M. Bleicher and H. Stöcker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0006147},
  year   = {2014}
}