Centrality dependence of identified particle elliptic flow in relativistic heavy ion collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=7.7–62.4 GeV

Elliptic flow (v2) values for identified particles at midrapidity in Au + Au collisions measured by the STAR experiment in the Beam Energy Scan at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at sNN=7.7–62.4 GeV are presented for three centrality classes. The centrality dependence and the data at sNN=14.5 GeV are new. Except at the lowest beam energies, we observe a similar relative v2 baryon-meson splitting for all centrality classes which is in agreement within 15% with the number-of-constituent quark scaling. The larger v2 for most particles relative to antiparticles, already observed for minimum bias collisions, shows a clear centrality dependence, with the largest difference for the most central collisions. Also, the results are compared with a multiphase transport (AMPT) model and fit with a blast wave model.

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14 pages, 12 figures, Phys. Rev. C, to be published. Data tables available at https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/publications/centrality-dependence-identified-particle-elliptic-flow-relativistic-heavy-ion-collisio

25.75.Ld
beam: energy
model: blast wave
heavy ion: scattering
meson baryon: splitting
elliptic flow
impact parameter
transport theory
antiparticle
scaling

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