Observation of direct-photon collective flow in sqrt(s_NN)=200 GeV Au+Au collisions

Abstract

The second Fourier component v_2 of the azimuthal anisotropy with respect to the reaction plane was measured for direct photons at midrapidity and transverse momentum (p_T) of 1--13 GeV/c in Au+Au collisions at sqr(s_NN)=200 GeV. Previous measurements of this quantity for hadrons with p_T < 6 GeV/c indicate that the medium behaves like a nearly perfect fluid, while for p_T > 6 GeV/c a reduced anisotropy is interpreted in terms of a path-length dependence for parton energy loss. In this measurement with the PHENIX detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider we find that for p_T > 4 GeV/c the anisotropy for direct photons is consistent with zero, as expected if the dominant source of direct photons is initial hard scattering. However, in the p_T < 4 GeV/c region dominated by thermal photons, we find a substantial direct photon v_2 comparable to that of hadrons, whereas model calculations for thermal photons in this kinematic region significantly underpredict the observed v_2.

384 authors, 6 pages, 3 figures, and 1 table. Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. v2 has minor changes to match the submission version. Plain text data tables for the points plotted in the figures are publicly available at http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/phenix/WWW/info/data/ppg126_data.html

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