Elliptic flow from event-by-event hydrodynamics

Abstract

We present an event-by-event hydrodynamical framework which takes into account the initial density fluctuations arising from a Monte Carlo Glauber model. The elliptic flow is calculated with the event plane method and a one-to-one comparison with the measured event plane $v_2$ is made. Both the centrality- and $p_T$-dependence of the $v_2$ are remarkably well reproduced. We also find that the participant plane is a quite good approximation for the event plane.

4 pages, 3 figures. Talk given at Quark Matter 2011, 22-28 May 2011, Annecy, France

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• PYTHIA 6.4 Physics and Manual
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