System size dependence of elliptic flows in relativistic heavy-ion collisions
Nuclear Theory
2007-05-23 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract
The elliptic flows in both Cu+Cu and Au+Au collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider are studied in a multi-phase transport model. For both collisions at same reduced impact parameter and minimum bias collisions, the elliptic flow of partons in Cu+Cu collisions is about a factor of three smaller than that in Au+Au collisions at same energy. The reduction factor is similar to the ratio of the sizes of the two colliding systems and is also related to the combined effects of initial energy density and spatial elliptic deformation in the two reactions. A similar system size dependence is also seen in the elliptic flow of charged hadrons from minimum bias collisions.
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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0505044,
title = {System size dependence of elliptic flows in relativistic heavy-ion collisions},
author = {Lie-Wen Chen and Che Ming Ko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0505044},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
5 pages, 5 figures, revised version, to appear in PLB