Collective dynamics at RHIC

2007/01/23 by Aihong Tang, A H Tang · 6 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Anisotropy #Dynamics (music) #Flow (mathematics) #Flow properties #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Property (philosophy) #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Theoretical and Computational Physics #Thermalisation #nucl-ex

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0954-3899/34/8/s13

published in Journal of Physics G Nuclear and Particle Physics 34(8), S277-S285 (IOP Publishing) · 8 pages. Quark Matter 06 Conference, invited plenary talk. submitted to Journal of Phys. G

arxiv created 2007/01/23 · openalex publication_date 2007/07/04 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

The property of the 'perfect liquid' created at RHIC is probed with anisotropic flow measurements. Different initial conditions and their consequences on flow measurements are discussed. The collectivity is shown to be achieved fast and early. The thermalization is investigated with the ratio of v 4 / v 2 2 . Measurements from three sectors of soft physics (HBT, flow and strangeness) are shown to have a simple, linear, length scaling. Directed flow is found to be independent of system size.

Citations

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• The anisotropic flow coefficientsv2andv4in Au+Au collisions at RHIC
• Incident-energy and system-size dependence of directed flow