학술논문

Measurement of the higher-order anisotropic flow coefficients for identified hadrons in Au$+$Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}}$ = 200 GeV
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Working Paper
Author
Adare, A.Afanasiev, S.Aidala, C.Ajitanand, N. N.Akiba, Y.Al-Bataineh, H.Alexander, J.Aoki, K.Aramaki, Y.Atomssa, E. T.Averbeck, R.Awes, T. C.Azmoun, B.Babintsev, V.Bai, M.Baksay, G.Baksay, L.Barish, K. N.Bassalleck, B.Basye, A. T.Bathe, S.Baublis, V.Baumann, C.Bazilevsky, A.Belikov, S.Belmont, R.Bennett, R.Berdnikov, A.Berdnikov, Y.Bickley, A. A.Bok, J. S.Boyle, K.Brooks, M. L.Buesching, H.Bumazhnov, V.Bunce, G.Butsyk, S.Camacho, C. M.Campbell, S.Chen, C. -H.Chi, C. Y.Chiu, M.Choi, I. J.Choudhury, R. K.Christiansen, P.Chujo, T.Chung, P.Chvala, O.Cianciolo, V.Citron, Z.Cole, B. A.Connors, M.Constantin, P.Csanád, M.Csörgő, T.Dahms, T.Dairaku, S.Danchev, I.Das, K.Datta, A.David, G.Denisov, A.Deshpande, A.Desmond, E. J.Dietzsch, O.Dion, A.Donadelli, M.Drapier, O.Drees, A.Drees, K. A.Durham, J. M.Durum, A.Dutta, D.Edwards, S.Efremenko, Y. V.Ellinghaus, F.Engelmore, T.Enokizono, A.En'yo, H.Esumi, S.Fadem, B.Fields, D. E.Finger, M.Finger, Jr., M.Fleuret, F.Fokin, S. L.Fraenkel, Z.Frantz, J. E.Franz, A.Frawley, A. D.Fujiwara, K.Fukao, Y.Fusayasu, T.Garishvili, I.Glenn, A.Gong, H.Gonin, M.Goto, Y.de Cassagnac, R. GranierGrau, N.Greene, S. V.Perdekamp, M. GrosseGunji, T.Gustafsson, H. -Å.Haggerty, J. S.Hahn, K. I.Hamagaki, H.Hamblen, J.Han, R.Hanks, J.Hartouni, E. P.Haslum, E.Hayano, R.He, X.Heffner, M.Hemmick, T. K.Hester, T.Hill, J. C.Hohlmann, M.Holzmann, W.Homma, K.Hong, B.Horaguchi, T.Hornback, D.Huang, S.Ichihara, T.Ichimiya, R.Ide, J.Ikeda, Y.Imai, K.Inaba, M.Isenhower, D.Ishihara, M.Isobe, T.Issah, M.Isupov, A.Ivanischev, D.Jacak, B. V.Jia, J.Jin, J.Johnson, B. M.Joo, K. S.Jouan, D.Jumper, D. S.Kajihara, F.Kametani, S.Kamihara, N.Kamin, J.Kang, J. H.Kapustinsky, J.Karatsu, K.Kawall, D.Kawashima, M.Kazantsev, A. V.Kempel, T.Khanzadeev, A.Kijima, K. M.Kim, B. I.Kim, D. H.Kim, D. J.Kim, E.Kim, E. -J.Kim, S. H.Kim, Y. -J.Kinney, E.Kiriluk, K.Kiss, Á.Kistenev, E.Kochenda, L.Komkov, B.Konno, M.Koster, J.Kotchetkov, D.Kozlov, A.Král, A.Kravitz, A.Kunde, G. J.Kurita, K.Kurosawa, M.Kwon, Y.Kyle, G. S.Lacey, R.Lai, Y. S.Lajoie, J. G.Lebedev, A.Lee, D. M.Lee, J.Lee, K.Lee, K. B.Lee, K. S.Leitch, M. J.Leite, M. A. L.Leitner, E.Lenzi, B.Li, X.Liebing, P.Levy, L. A. LindenLiška, T.Litvinenko, A.Liu, H.Liu, M. X.Love, B.Luechtenborg, R.Lynch, D.Maguire, C. F.Makdisi, Y. I.Malakhov, A.Malik, M. D.Manko, V. I.Mannel, E.Mao, Y.Masui, H.Matathias, F.McCumber, M.McGaughey, P. L.Means, N.Meredith, B.Miake, Y.Mignerey, A. C.Mikeš, P.Miki, K.Milov, A.Mishra, M.Mitchell, J. T.Mizuno, S.Mohanty, A. K.Morino, Y.Morreale, A.Morrison, D. P.Moukhanova, T. V.Murata, J.Nagamiya, S.Nagle, J. L.Naglis, M.Nagy, M. I.Nakagawa, I.Nakamiya, Y.Nakamura, T.Nakano, K.Newby, J.Nguyen, M.Nouicer, R.Nyanin, A. S.O'Brien, E.Oda, S. X.Ogilvie, C. A.Oka, M.Okada, K.Onuki, Y.Oskarsson, A.Ouchida, M.Ozawa, K.Pak, R.Pantuev, V.Papavassiliou, V.Park, I. H.Park, J.Park, S. K.Park, W. J.Pate, S. F.Pei, H.Peng, J. -C.Pereira, H.Peresedov, V.Peressounko, D. Yu.Pinkenburg, C.Pisani, R. P.Proissl, M.Purschke, M. L.Purwar, A. K.Qu, H.Rak, J.Rakotozafindrabe, A.Ravinovich, I.Read, K. F.Reygers, K.Reynolds, D.Riabov, V.Riabov, Y.Richardson, E.Roach, D.Roche, G.Rolnick, S. D.Rosati, M.Rosen, C. A.Rosendahl, S. S. E.Rosnet, P.Rukoyatkin, P.Ružička, P.Sahlmueller, B.Saito, N.Sakaguchi, T.Sakashita, K.Samsonov, V.Sano, S.Sato, T.Sawada, S.Sedgwick, K.Seele, J.Seidl, R.Semenov, A. Yu.Seto, R.Sharma, D.Shein, I.Shibata, T. -A.Shigaki, K.Shimomura, M.Shoji, K.Shukla, P.Sickles, A.Silva, C. L.Silvermyr, D.Silvestre, C.Sim, K. S.Singh, B. K.Singh, C. P.Singh, V.Slunečka, M.Soltz, R. A.Sondheim, W. E.Sorensen, S. P.Sourikova, I. V.Sparks, N. A.Stankus, P. W.Stenlund, E.Stoll, S. P.Sugitate, T.Sukhanov, A.Sziklai, J.Takagui, E. M.Taketani, A.Tanabe, R.Tanaka, Y.Tanida, K.Tannenbaum, M. J.Tarafdar, S.Taranenko, A.Tarján, P.Themann, H.Thomas, T. L.Todoroki, T.Togawa, M.Toia, A.Tomášek, L.Torii, H.Towell, R. S.Tserruya, I.Tsuchimoto, Y.Vale, C.Valle, H.van Hecke, H. W.Vazquez-Zambrano, E.Veicht, A.Velkovska, J.Vértesi, R.Vinogradov, A. A.Virius, M.Vrba, V.Vznuzdaev, E.Wang, X. R.Watanabe, D.Watanabe, K.Watanabe, Y.Wei, F.Wei, R.Wessels, J.White, S. N.Winter, D.Wood, J. P.Woody, C. L.Wright, R. M.Wysocki, M.Xie, W.Yamaguchi, Y. L.Yamaura, K.Yang, R.Yanovich, A.Ying, J.Yokkaichi, S.You, Z.Young, G. R.Younus, I.Yushmanov, I. E.Zajc, W. A.Zhang, C.Zhou, S.Zolin, L.
Source
Phys. Rev. C 93, 051902 (2016)
Subject
Nuclear Experiment
Language
Abstract
New PHENIX measurements of the anisotropic flow coefficients $v_2\{\Psi_2\}$, $v_3\{\Psi_3\}$, $v_4\{\Psi_4\}$ and $v_4\{\Psi_2\}$ for identified particles ($\pi^{\pm}$, $K^{\pm}$, and $p+\bar{p}$) obtained relative to the event planes $\Psi_n$ in Au$+$Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}}$ = 200 GeV are presented as functions of collision centrality and particle transverse momenta $p_T$. The $v_n$ coefficients show characteristic patterns consistent with hydrodynamical expansion of the matter produced in the collisions. For each harmonic $n$, a modified valence quark number $n_q$ scaling plotting $v_n/(n_q)^{n/2}$ versus ${\rm KE}_T/n_q$ is observed to yield a single curve for all the measured particle species for a broad range of transverse kinetic energies ${\rm KE}_T$. A simultaneous blast wave model fit to the observed particle spectra and $v_n(p_T)$ coefficients identifies spatial eccentricities $s_n$ at freeze-out, which are much smaller than the initial-state geometric values.
Comment: 387 authors, 8 pages, 4 figures, 1 table. v2 is the version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. C. 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