Elliptic flow of thermal photons and formation time of quark gluon plasma at RHIC

dc.creatorChatterjee, Rupa
dc.creatorSrivastava, Dinesh K.
dc.date2008-09-03
dc.date2009-01-23
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dc.descriptionWe calculate the elliptic flow of thermal photons from Au+Au collisions at RHIC energies for a range of values for the formation time $τ_0$ but fixed entropy (or particle rapidity density). The results are found to be quite sensitive to $τ_0$. The $v_2$ for photons decreases as $τ_0$ decreases and admits a larger contribution from the QGP phase which has a smaller $v_2$. The elliptic flow coefficient for hadrons, on the other hand, is only marginally dependent on $τ_0$.
dc.description2 extra figures and discussion added. To appear in Physical Review C (Rapid Communication)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0809.0548
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0809.0548
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.C79:021901,2009
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevC.79.021901
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/220603
dc.subjectNuclear Theory
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectNuclear Experiment
dc.titleElliptic flow of thermal photons and formation time of quark gluon plasma at RHIC
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