2008/10/31 by Matthew Luzum, Gerald A. Miller
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic physics #Elliptic flow #Formalism (music) #Heavy ion #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Ion #Mathematical analysis #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Multiplicity (mathematics) #Nuclear physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum electrodynamics #Quantum mechanics #Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider #Wave function #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevc.79.024902
published as Phys.Rev.C79:024902,2009 · 17 pages, 2 figures; v2: replaced all figures, revised Results section, changed title to match published version, and other minor changes
arxiv created 2009/02/05 · openalex publication_date 2009/02/10 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The effect of final state interactions on the elliptic flow coefficient measured in relativistic heavy ion collisions is investigated within the distorted-wave emission-function (DWEF) formalism established by G. A. Miller and J. G. Cramer [Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 102302 (2005); J. Phys. G. 34, 703 (2007); Phys. Rev. C 78, 054905 (2008)]. It is found that the optical potential previously found to give the best fit of particle multiplicity and Hanbury Brown and Twiss radii in BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider events has a moderate effect on the resulting elliptic flow coefficient v2. This indicates that final state interactions should be taken into account to confidently predict v2 to better than ~20% accuracy.