PHENIX highlights
Results from RHIC led to the discovery of the strongly coupled quark–gluon plasma (sQGP), a state of the QCD vacuum. In order to arrive at a coherent picture of this state, both the properties of the sQGP and the conditions under which the sQGP is measured have to be established. In this paper, we present recent experimental results of the PHENIX Collaboration, further constraining the conditions and the properties of the sQGP at RHIC: measurement of direct photon elliptic flow provides strong constraints for hydrodynamic models employed to derive the initial temperature; measurement of v2 and v3 disentangles effects from the initial state and η/s; flow and RAA measurements at lower $$\sqrt{s}$$ extend the results to a regime at lower temperature and higher baryon density.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). RIKEN Research Center
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE SC OFFICE OF SCIENCE (SC)
- Contributing Organization:
- the PHENIX Collaboration
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-98CH10886
- OSTI ID:
- 1052676
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-98314-2012-JA; R&D Project: PO-3
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 38, Issue 12; ISSN 0954-3899
- Publisher:
- IOP Publishing
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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