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Title: Azimuthally anisotropic emission of low-momentum direct photons in Au + Au collisions at s N N = 200 GeV

Journal Article · · Physical Review C
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The PHENIX experiment at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider has measured second- and third-order Fourier coefficients of the azimuthal distributions of direct photons emitted at midrapidity in Au + Au collisions at √ sNN = 200 GeV for various collision centralities. Combining two different analysis techniques, results were obtained in the transverse momentum range of 0.4 < pT < 4.0 GeV/c. At lowpT the second-order coefficients, v2, are similar to the ones observed in hadrons. Third-order coefficients, v3, are nonzero and almost independent of centrality. These new results on v2 and v3, combined with previously published results on yields, are compared to model calculations that provide yields and asymmetries in the same framework. Those models are challenged to explain simultaneously the observed large yield and large azimuthal anisotropies.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Nuclear Science and Security Consortium; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
Contributing Organization:
PHENIX Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704; NA0003180; AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1341653
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1334558; OSTI ID: 1407968; OSTI ID: 1423609
Report Number(s):
BNL-113377-2016-JA; TRN: US1701172
Journal Information:
Physical Review C, Vol. 94, Issue 6; ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 68 works
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