Published December 2014 | Version v1
Journal article

Azimuthal anisotropy in U+U collisions at STAR

Description

The azimuthal anisotropy of particle production is commonly used in high-energy nuclear collisions to study the early evolution of the expanding system. The prolate shape of uranium nuclei makes it possible to study how the geometry of the colliding nuclei affects final state anisotropies. It also provides a unique opportunity to understand how entropy is produced in heavy-ion collisions. In this paper, the two- and four-particle cumulant v2 (v2{2} and v2{4}) from U+U collisions at √(sNN)=193 GeV and Au+Au collisions at √(sNN)=200 GeV for inclusive charged hadrons will be presented. The STAR Zero Degree Calorimeters are used to select very central collisions. Differences were observed between the multiplicity dependence of v2{2} for most central Au+Au and U+U collisions. The multiplicity dependence of v2{2} in central collisions was compared to Monte Carlo Glauber model predictions and it was seen that this model cannot explain the present results

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2014.09.111

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2014.09.111;
arXiv
arXiv:1406.7522v1;
PII
S0375-9474(14)00493-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. A
Journal Volume
932
Journal Page Range
p. 169-173
ISSN
0375-9474
CODEN
NUPABL

Conference

Title
6. international conference on hard and electromagnetic probes of high-energy nuclear collisions
Acronym
Hard Probes 2013
Dates
4-8 Nov 2013
Place
Cape Town (South Africa)

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