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Title: Dielectron azimuthal anisotropy at mid-rapidity in Au + Au collisions at s N N = 200 GeV

Journal Article · · Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics
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We report on the first measurement of the azimuthal anisotropy (v2) of dielectrons (e+e- pairs) at mid-rapidity from √sNN=200 GeV Au + Au collisions with the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), presented as a function of transverse momentum (pT) for different invariant-mass regions. In the mass region Mee<1.1 GeV/c2 the dielectron v2 measurements are found to be consistent with expectations from π0,η,ω, and Φ decay contributions. In the mass region 1.1<2.9GeV/c2, the measured dielectron v2 is consistent, within experimental uncertainties, with that from the c ¯ c contributions.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Contributing Organization:
STAR Collaboration
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1392307
Journal Information:
Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 90, Issue 6; ISSN 0556-2813
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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