Sideward Flow in Au + Au Collisions Between 2A GeV and 8A GeV
Nuclear Experiment
2008-11-26 v3
Abstract
Using the large acceptance Time Projection Chamber of experiment E895 at Brookhaven, measurements of collective sideward flow in Au + Au collisions at beam energies of 2, 4, 6 and 8A GeV are presented in the form of in-plane transverse momentum <Px> and the first Fourier coefficient of azimuthal anisotropy v_1. These measurements indicate a smooth variation of sideward flow as a function of beam energy. The data are compared with four nuclear transport models which have an orientation towards this energy range. All four exhibit some qualitative trends similar to those found in the data, although none shows a consistent pattern of agreement within experimental uncertainties.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-ex/0005005,
title = {Sideward Flow in Au + Au Collisions Between 2A GeV and 8A GeV},
author = {E895 Collaboration and H. Liu and N. N. Ajitanand and J. Alexander and M. Anderson and D. Best and F. P. Brady and T. Case and W. Caskey and D. Cebra and J. Chance and B. Cole and K. Crowe and A. Das and J. Draper and M. Gilkes and S. Gushue and M. Heffner and A. Hirsch and E. Hjort and L. Huo and M. Justice and M. Kaplan and D. Keane and J. Kintner and J. Klay and D. Krofcheck and R. Lacey and M. A. Lisa and Y. M. Liu and R. McGrath and Z. Milosevich and G. Odyniec and D. Olson and S. Y. Panitkin and N. Porile and G. Rai and H. G. Ritter and J. Romero and R. Scharenberg and L. S. Schroeder and B. Srivastava and N. T. B. Stone and T. J. M. Symons and S. Wang and J. Whitfield and T. Wienold and R. Witt and L. Wood and X. Yang and W. N. Zhang and Y. Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-ex/0005005},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication by PRL. Both revisions fix the byline only