학술논문

How much does the hadronic phase contribute to the observed anisotropic flow at the LHC?
Document Type
Article
Source
EPJ Web of Conferences. 2015, Vol. 97, p1-10. 10p.
Subject
*HEAVY-ion atom collisions
*HADRONIC atoms
*HYDRODYNAMICS
*LARGE Hadron Collider
*HADRON colliders
Language
ISSN
2101-6275
Abstract
Elliptic flow signals the presence of multiple interactions between the constituents of the created matter in heavy-ion collisions. This includes possible contributions from the different phases, including the hadronic phase. In these proceedings I will first show that the energy dependence of elliptic flow, based on recent ALICE and STAR beam energy scan measurements, can largely be understood in terms of a boosted thermal system. In addition, a detailed comparison between the identified particle elliptic flow measured by the ALICE collaboration and viscous hydrodynamical model calculations with and without a hadronic afterburner is performed to constrain the possible effects of individual hadron-hadron reinteraction cross-sections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]