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Elliptic flow in nuclear collisions at ultrarelativistic energies available at the CERN Large Hadron Collider

Journal Article · · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
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  1. Department of Physics, University of Jyvaeskylae, P. O. Box 35, FIN-40014 (Finland)
We use perfect-fluid hydrodynamical model to predict the elliptic flow coefficients in Pb+Pb collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The initial state for the hydrodynamical calculation for central A+A collisions is obtained from the perturbative QCD + saturation model. The centrality dependence of the initial state is modeled by the optical Glauber model. We show that the baseline results obtained from the framework are in good agreement with the data from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and show predictions for the p{sub T} spectra and elliptic flow of pions in Pb+Pb collisions at the LHC. Also mass and multiplicity effects are discussed.
OSTI ID:
21199571
Journal Information:
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 79; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English