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The Number-of-Constituent-Quark Scaling
of Elliptic Flow at 9.2GeV AuAu Collisions
Kejun Wu, Feng Liu, Nu Xu
Institute of Particle Physics
Huazhong Normal University
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Outline
 Motivation
 Results and Discussions
– MC Simulation versus Experimental Data
– NCQ Scaling of v2 from AMPT&UrQMD
– When/Where does the partonic medium form?
 Summary
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Motivation
QCD Phase diagram
NCQ=3
NCQ=2
partonic phase
hadronic phase
 RHIC beam energy scan program :
----- Search for the critical point.
----- Draw the QCD phase boundary.
The essential degrees of freedom at
hadronization seem to be effective
constituent quarks that have developed a
collective flow during the partonic
evolution.
NCQ-scaling == partonic degrees of freedom?
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MC vs. Experimental data
(Provided by S.S. S)
 Only 3k good events for the experimental data.
 Difficult to conclude which MC model is best suitable.
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v2 of all Charged Hadrons
 About 3M, 1M, 5M and 5M events for UrQMD v2.3 , RQMD v2.4, AMPT
v2.1 with string melting and default minimum bias calculations.
 Small physical variances between RQMD and UrQMD.
 A maximum value of v2 is reached in mid-rapidity at 8~9fm (about 40%).
 v2 : AMPT with string melting > AMPT default > UrQMD >RQMD.
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NCQ Scaling of v2 in AMPT
 Crossing and subsequent splitting between meson and baryon at pT~1.2GeV
Only for AMPT with string melting
 like hydrodynamic behavior
mass ordering at pT<1GeV
 Obvious particles type dependence:
NCQ Scaling at pT>1GeV
Why is the NCQ scaling of v2 presented in the AMPT with string melting?
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Difference for Two AMPT Versions
tiny
Zi-Wei Lin,Che Ming Ko,etc., Phys.Rev.C 72,064901(2005),
“Multiphase transport model for relativistic heavy ion collisions ”
 The quark coalescence mechanism leads to the v2 NCQ scaling.
One can download and use freely the codes such as AMPT RQMD UrQMD ART and HING.
http://karman.physics.purdue.edu/OSCAR/models/list.html
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NCQ Scaling of v2 in RQMD/UrQMD
 like hydrodynamic behavior
mass ordering at pT<1GeV
 Rough particles type dependence:
NCQ scaling at pT>1GeV
Only hadronic interactions ->NCQ scaling
The NCQ scaling is not unique feature of quark recombination/coalescence!
Also see J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 32 (2006) 1121–1129
Anisotropic flow at RHIC: How unique is the number-of-constituent-quark scaling
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Where was v2 Formed?
Hadronic Rescattering Effect
 The rescattering is the key of the v2 development.
 No repulsive vector interactions, no flow.
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When was v2 Formed?
 Earlier freeze-out particles have larger v2.
 Lower pt particles tend to freeze out later.
v2 decreases <-- the coordinate space anisotropy was diluted.
 High pt pions v2 saturate and tend to reflect the earlier stage.
 The wiggle should due to the excessive expand of the radial flow.
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Time Evolution of the Medium
|  | 1
Pions
Pions
0~5 fm/c, target and projectile penetrate at each other, the initial strings are excited.
5~9 fm/c, vast inelastic collisions and produced particles from the string fragmentation.
pre-hadronic
Pions arestage
absorbed by the spectators in the reaction plane.
9~12 fm/c, pressure gradient builds up quickly.
At ~12 fm/c, △v2 reaches
to maximum.
pre-equilibrium
stage
12~20 fm/c, the coordinate space is more spherical and △v2 decreases gradually.
20 fm/c~, particles freeze out. v2 doesn’t change.
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v2/nq (%)
When does v2 NCQ Scaling Come from?
pre-hadronic stage
pre-equilibrium stage
 Early string fragmentation and hadronic interactions -> v2 NCQ scaling
 The mechanisms of string fragmentation and excitation are called.
S NN  5GeV
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is given approximatively by the constituent quark model.
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Where does v2 NCQ Scaling Come from?
Final elliptic flow:
Y.Lu,F.Liu,N.Xu.etc., J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 32 (2006) 1121–1129,
“Anisotropic flow at RHIC: How unique is the number-of-constituent-quark scaling”
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v 2 ( pt )     (  , pt )   (t , x, y, pt )dA ( x, y )dt
t 
 denotes the hyper-surface where hadrons are emitted.
In the low pt region, the frequent rescatterings among hadrons can lead
to the like hydrodynamic mass ordering.
In the high pt region (pt>1GeV/c), particles early freeze out and lack the
hydrodynamics development, and the details of the interaction crosssections are most important.
In UrQMD, the hadronic cross sections can be described by the detailed
balance and parameterized by AQM.
Additive Quark Model K. Goulianos, Phys.Rep.101,169(1983),
“Diffractive interactions of hadrons at high energies ”
cross section only depends on the quark-content of the colliding hadrons
2 M
3
 el  0.039 tot 2 / 3
 tot  40( ) n (1  0.4 x1s )(1  0.4 x2 s )
Color Strings and ropes -excitation and -fragmentation
1
2
1
 qh   Bh ,  qqh   Bh ,  qh   Mh
3
3
2
S.A.Bass, M.Belkacem,etc., Nucl-th/9803035,
“Microscopic Models for Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ion Collisions”
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 M 2
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 B 3
 M 2
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 B 3
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Summary
 Due to large statistical uncertainties, it is too early to conclude if
the AMPT and the hadronic transport model are suitable to
reproduce the experimental data of AuAu 9.2GeV.
 In those models, v2 is formed in the pre-equilibrium stage when
the frequent rescatterings among hadrons or partons lead to the
effective development of pressure gradient.
 The NCQ scaling of v2 is not unique as a signature for
deconfinement. Hadronic interactions can quantitatively reproduce
the scaling. The scaling is independent on the colliding energy.
- URQMD: the v2 NCQ scaling arises from the hadronic cross
sections, parameterized by the additive quark model.
- AMPT: the scaling is due to the quark coalescence.
 High statistics is required for v2 in the future experiments.
 To measure v2 of the multi-strange hadrons ( ) or resonance
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hadrons (  , K ,  )
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Thank You
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