Multi-strange baryon elliptic flow in Au + Au collisions at s(NN)**(1/2) = 200-GeV

Collaboration
Apr, 2005
6 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 95 (2005) 122301
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Abstract:
We report on the first measurement of elliptic flow v2(pT)v_2(p_T) of multi-strange baryons Ξ+Xiˉ\Xi+\bar{Xi} and Ω+Omegaˉinheavyioncollisions.InminimumbiasAu+Aucollisionsatsqrt(sNN)=200GeV,asignificantamountofellipticflow,comparabletoothernonstrangebaryons,isobservedformultistrangebaryonswhichareexpectedtobeparticularlysensitivetothedynamicsofthepartonicstageofheavyioncollisions.The\Omega+\bar{Omega} in heavy-ion collisions. In minimum bias Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV, a significant amount of elliptic flow, comparable to other non-strange baryons, is observed for multi-strange baryons which are expected to be particularly sensitive to the dynamics of the partonic stage of heavy-ion collisions. The p_Tdependenceof dependence of v_2$ of the multi-strange baryons confirms the number of constituent quark scaling previously observed for lighter hadrons. These results support the idea that a substantial fraction of the observed collective motion is developed at the early partonic stage in ultra-relativistic nuclear collisions at RHIC.
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  • 6 pages, 3 figures, submitted to PRL
  • 25.75.Ld
  • heavy ion-nucleus reactions
  • nuclei with mass number 190 to 219
  • Xi baryons
  • parton model
  • Omega baryons
  • nucleus nucleus: colliding beams
  • scattering: heavy ion
  • gold
  • hyperon: hadroproduction