Flow Results and Hints of Incomplete Thermalization

Abstract

We classified $v_2$ measurements according to their sensitivities w.r.t. to two planes, namely, reaction plane and participant plane. Likewise, in $v_2/\epsilon$ scaling, we showed that one needs to choose a $\epsilon$ that is sensitive to the same plane as that $v_2$ is sensitive to. We presented our $v_2/\epsilon$ as a function of centrality and transverse momentum. We studied the ratio of $v_4/v_2^2$. We discussed the applicable range for hydrodynamics, as well as implications to an incomplete thermalization.

Proc. 24th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics (2008). 6 pages. 4 figures version 2 typo in Eq. 3 corrected

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