Transverse flow and hadrochemistry in Au+Au collisions at sNN=200GeV

Peter F. Kolb and Ralf Rapp
Phys. Rev. C 67, 044903 – Published 24 April 2003
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Abstract

We present a hydrodynamic assessment of preliminary particle spectra observed in Au+Au collisions at sNN=200GeV. The hadronic part of the underlying equation of state is based on explicit conservation of (measured) particle ratios throughout the resonance gas stage after chemical freezeout by employing chemical potentials for stable mesons, nucleons, and antinucleons. We find that under these conditions the data (in particular, the proton spectra) favor a low freezeout temperature of around 100MeV. Furthermore, we show that through inclusion of a moderate prehydrodynamic transverse flow field the shape of the spectra improves with respect to the data. The effect of the initial transverse boost on elliptic flow and the freezeout geometry of the system is also discussed.

  • Received 17 October 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.67.044903

©2003 American Physical Society

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Peter F. Kolb1 and Ralf Rapp2

  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800
  • 2NORDITA, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

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Vol. 67, Iss. 4 — April 2003

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