Partonic effects on the elliptic flow at relativistic heavy ion collisions
Nuclear Theory
2009-11-07 v2
Abstract
The elliptic flow in heavy ion collisions at RHIC is studied in a multiphase transport model. By converting the strings in the high energy density regions into partons, we find that the final elliptic flow is sensitive to the parton scattering cross section. To reproduce the large elliptic flow observed in Au+Au collisions at GeV requires a parton scattering cross section of about 6 mb. We also study the dependence of the elliptic flow on the particle multiplicity, transverse momentum, and particle mass.
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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0108039,
title = {Partonic effects on the elliptic flow at relativistic heavy ion collisions},
author = {Zi-wei Lin and C. M. Ko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0108039},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
7 pages, 7 figures, revtex, text added to detail the procedure for conversions between hadrons and partons