Measurement of identified pi0 and inclusive photon v(2) and implication to the direct photon production in s(NN)**1/2 = 200-GeV Au+Au collisions
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Abstract:
The azimuthal distribution of identified pi^0 and inclusive photons has been measured in sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200 GeV Au+Au collisions with the PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). The second harmonic parameter (v_2) was measured to describe the observed anisotropy of the azimuthal distribution. The measured inclusive photon v_2 is consistent with the value expected for the photons from hadron decay and is also consistent with the lack of direct photon signal over the measured p_T range 1-6 GeV/c. An attempt is made to extract v_2 of direct photons.Note:
- 329 authors, 6 pages text, 3 figures, 1 Table. v2 is version accepted by PRL with minor changes in response to referee concerns. Plain text data tables for the points plotted in figures for this and previous PHENIX publications are (or will be) publicly available at http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/papers.html
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- heavy ion-nucleus reactions
- nuclei with mass number 190 to 219
- pion production
- photon production
- nucleus nucleus: colliding beams
- scattering: heavy ion
- gold
- pi0: hadroproduction
- photon: hadroproduction
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