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Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 182301 (2003) [6 pages]

Elliptic Flow of Identified Hadrons in Au+Au Collisions at sNN=200  GeV

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S. S. Adler et al. PHENIX Collaboration
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Received 16 May 2003; published 30 October 2003

The anisotropy parameter (v2), the second harmonic of the azimuthal particle distribution, has been measured with the PHENIX detector in Au+Au collisions at sNN=200  GeV for identified and inclusive charged particle production at central rapidities (|η|<0.35) with respect to the reaction plane defined at high rapidities (|η|=3–4   ). We observe that the v2 of mesons falls below that of (anti)baryons for pT>2  GeV/c, in marked contrast to the predictions of a hydrodynamical model. A quark-coalescence model is also investigated.

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.182301
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.182301
PACS:
25.75.Dw