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Measurements of Elliptic and Triangular Flow in High-Multiplicity He-3 + Au Collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV
Physical Review Letters
  • Andrew Adare, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Nicole Apadula, Iowa State University
  • Sarah C. Campbell, Iowa State University
  • Alan Dion, Iowa State University
  • Nathan C. Grau, Iowa State University
  • John C. Hill, Iowa State University
  • Nels J. Hotvedt, Iowa State University
  • Todd Kempel, Iowa State University
  • John G. Lajoie, Iowa State University
  • Alexandre Lebedev, Iowa State University
  • Craig Ogilvie, Iowa State University
  • Milap R. Patel, Iowa State University
  • H. Pei, Iowa State University
  • Joshua Perry, Iowa State University
  • Timothy T. Rinn, Iowa State University
  • Marzia Rosati, Iowa State University
  • Alexey Yu. Semenov, Iowa State University
  • M. Shimomura, Iowa State University
  • C. L. Silva, Iowa State University
  • S. Skutnik, Iowa State University
  • Arbin Timilsina, Iowa State University
  • Carla Vale, Iowa State University
  • Feng Wei, Iowa State University
  • et al.
  • PHENIX Collaboration, PHENIX Collaboration
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
9-28-2015
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.142301
Abstract
We present the first measurement of elliptic (v(2)) and triangular (v(3)) flow in high-multiplicity He-3 + Au collisions at root s(NN) = 200 GeV. Two-particle correlations, where the particles have a large separation in pseudorapidity, are compared in He-3 + Au and in p + p collisions and indicate that collective effects dominate the second and third Fourier components for the correlations observed in the He-3 + Au system. The collective behavior is quantified in terms of elliptic v(2) and triangular v(3) anisotropy coefficients measured with respect to their corresponding event planes. The v(2) values are comparable to those previously measured in d + Au collisions at the same nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy. Comparisons with various theoretical predictions are made, including to models where the hot spots created by the impact of the three He-3 nucleons on the Au nucleus expand hydrodynamically to generate the triangular flow. The agreement of these models with data may indicate the formation of low-viscosity quark-gluon plasma even in these small collision systems.
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This is an article from Physical Review Letters 115 (2015): 142301, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.142301. Posted with permission.

Copyright Owner
American Physical Society
Language
en
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application/pdf
Citation Information
Andrew Adare, Nicole Apadula, Sarah C. Campbell, Alan Dion, et al.. "Measurements of Elliptic and Triangular Flow in High-Multiplicity He-3 + Au Collisions at root s(NN)=200 GeV" Physical Review Letters Vol. 115 Iss. 14 (2015) p. 142301
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/craig-ogilvie/37/