Beam energy dependence of rapidity-even dipolar flow in Au+Au collisions
Collaboration
7 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Lett.B 784 (2018) 26-32
- Published: Sep 10, 2018
e-Print:
- 1804.08647 [nucl-ex]
DOI:
- 10.1016/j.physletb.2018.07.013 (publication)
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Abstract: (Elsevier)
New measurements of directed flow for charged hadrons, characterized by the Fourier coefficient v1 , are presented for transverse momenta pT , and centrality intervals in Au+Au collisions recorded by the STAR experiment for the center-of-mass energy range sNN=7.7–200 GeV. The measurements underscore the importance of momentum conservation, and the characteristic dependencies on sNN , centrality and pT are consistent with the expectations of geometric fluctuations generated in the initial stages of the collision, acting in concert with a hydrodynamic-like expansion. The centrality and pT dependencies of v1even , as well as an observed similarity between its excitation function and that for v3 , could serve as constraints for initial-state models. The v1even excitation function could also provide an important supplement to the flow measurements employed for precision extraction of the temperature dependence of the specific shear viscosity.Note:
- 8 pages, four figures, submitted for publication
- momentum: conservation law
- fluctuation: geometrical
- heavy ion: scattering
- flow
- excited state
- temperature dependence
- transverse momentum dependence
- energy dependence
- initial state
- viscosity
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