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Elliptic Flow at Large Viscosity

Nuclear Theory 2009-11-18 v2

Abstract

In this contribution we present an alternative scenario for the large elliptic flow observed in relativistic heavy ion collisions. Motivated by recent results from Lattice QCD on flavor off-diagonal susceptibilities we argue that the matter right above TcT_{c} can be described by single-particle dynamics in a repulsive single-particle potential, which in turn gives rise to elliptic flow. These ideas can be tested experimentally by measuring elliptic flow of heavy quarks, preferably via the measurement of J/ΨJ/\Psi elliptic flow.

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@article{arxiv.0908.3176,
  title  = {Elliptic Flow at Large Viscosity},
  author = {Volker Koch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0908.3176},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures - To appear in the conference proceedings for Quark Matter 2009, March 30 - April 4, Knoxville, Tennessee

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