How much does the hadronic phase contribute to the observed anisotropic flow at the LHC?
Abstract
Elliptic flow signals the presence of multiple interactions between the constituents of the created matter in heavy-ion collisions. This includes possible contributions from the different phases, including the hadronic phase. In these proceedings I will first show that the energy dependence of elliptic flow, based on recent ALICE and STAR beam energy scan measurements, can largely be understood in terms of a boosted thermal system. In addition, a detailed comparison between the identified particle elliptic flow measured by the ALICE collaboration and viscous hydrodynamical model calculations with and without a hadronic afterburner is performed to constrain the possible effects of individual hadron-hadron re-interaction cross-sections.
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@article{arxiv.1411.7690,
title = {How much does the hadronic phase contribute to the observed anisotropic flow at the LHC?},
author = {Raimond Snellings},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.7690},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
10 pages, 8 figures, proceedings Resonance Workshop at Catania, version two updated with referee comments