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The source of elliptic flow and initial conditions for hydrodynamical calculations

2000/09/30 by V. K. Magas, L. P. Csernai, D. Strottman
Physics and Astronomy · #nucl-th

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published as Proceedings of the International School-Conference New Trends in High-Energy Physics, pp. 93-100 · Talk given at the New Trends in High-Energy Physics, Yalta (Crimea), Ukraine, May 27 - June 4, 2000. 8 pages, 2 figures. The misprint t_0 instead of x_0 has been corrected in several places

arxiv created 2000/10/19 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

A model for energy, pressure and flow velocity distributions at the beginning of relativistic heavy ion collisions is presented, which can be used as initial condition for hydrodynamical calculations. The results show that QGP forms a tilted disk, such that the direction of the largest pressure gradient stays in the reaction plane, but deviates from both the beam and the usual transverse flow directions. Such initial condition may lead to the creation of "antiflow" or "third flow component".

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