Published September 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Hadronic resonance gas, pT spectra of charged particles, and elliptic flow in √(s)=200 GeV Au+Au collisions

  • 1. Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1-AF, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata-700 064 (India)

Description

Charged particles'pT spectra and elliptic flow in 0%-60% Au+Au collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider are analyzed in a hydrodynamic model with hot hadronic resonance gas (HRG) in the initial state. Physically conceivable HRG, thermalized in the time scale τi=1 fm, at a (central) temperature Ti=220 MeV, with viscosity-to-entropy ratio η/s=0.24, explains the pT spectra in all the collision centralities reasonably well. However, centrality dependence of elliptic flow demands continual increase of the viscosity-to-entropy ratio with centrality.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
82
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 031901-031901.4
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN

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