OBSERVATION OF ANISOTROPIC EVENT SHAPES AND TRANSVERSE FLOW IN ULTRARELATIVISTIC AU+AU COLLISIONS

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作者
BARRETTE, J
BELLWIED, R
BENNETT, S
BRAUNMUNZINGER, P
CLELAND, WE
CLEMEN, M
COLE, J
CORMIER, TM
DAVID, G
DEE, J
DIETZSCH, O
DRIGERT, M
GILBERT, S
HALL, JR
HEMMICK, TK
HERRMANN, N
HONG, B
JIANG, CL
KWON, Y
LACASSE, R
LUKASZEW, A
LI, Q
LUDLAM, TW
MCCORKLE, S
MARK, SK
MATHEUS, R
OBRIEN, E
PANITKIN, S
PIAZZA, T
PRUNEAU, C
RAO, MN
ROSATI, M
DASILVA, NC
SEDYKH, S
SONNADARA, U
STACHEL, J
TAKAI, H
TAKAGUI, EM
VOLOSHIN, S
WANG, G
WESSELS, JP
WOODY, CL
XU, N
ZHANG, Y
ZHANG, Z
ZOU, C
机构
[1] BROOKHAVEN NATL LAB,UPTON,NY 11973
[2] GESELL SCHWERIONENFORSCH MBH,W-6100 DARMSTADT,GERMANY
[3] IDAHO NATL ENGN LAB,IDAHO FALLS,ID 83402
[4] UNIV PITTSBURGH,PITTSBURGH,PA 15260
[5] SUNY STONY BROOK,STONY BROOK,NY 11794
[6] UNIV SAO PAULO,BR-05508 SAO PAULO,BRAZIL
[7] WAYNE STATE UNIV,DETROIT,MI 48202
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.2532
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Event shapes for Au + Au collisions at 11.4 GeV/c per nucleon were studied over nearly the fun solid angle with the E877 apparatus. The analysis was performed by Fourier expansion of azimuthal distributions of the transverse energy (E(T)) measured in different pseudorapidity intervals. For semicentral collisions a pronounced event anisotropy is identified with a clear forward-backward anticorrelation. In the forward pseudorapidity interval up to 9% of the E(T) is in a directed component. The signal decreases for peripheral and very central collisions.
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页码:2532 / 2535
页数:4
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