Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Theory
Scientific paper
2010-05-04
published as Phys. Rev. C82, 024902 (2010)
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Theory
20 pages, 28 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevC.82.024902
The observation of large azimuthal anisotropy or $v_2$ for hadrons above $p_T>5$ GeV/$c$ in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm nn}}=200$ GeV has been a longstanding challenge for jet quenching models based on perturbative QCD (pQCD). Using a simple jet absorption model, we seek to clarify the situation by exploring in detail how the calculated $v_2$ varies with choices of the collision geometry as well as choices of the path length dependence and thermalization time $\tau_0$ in the energy loss formula. Besides the change of eccentricity due to distortion from gluon saturation or event-by-event fluctuation, we find that the $v_2$ is also sensitive to the centrality dependence of multiplicity and the relative size between the matter profile and the jet profile. We find that the $v_2$ calculated for the naive quadratic path length dependence of energy loss, even including eccentricity fluctuation and the gluon saturation, is not enough to describe the experimental data at high $p_T$ ($\sim$ 6 GeV/$c$) in Au+Au collisions. However, it can match the full centrality dependence of $v_2$ data if higher power path length dependence of energy loss is allowed. We also find that the calculated $v_2$ is sensitive to the assumption of the early time dynamics but generally increases with $\tau_0$, opposite to what one expects for elliptic flow. This study attests to the importance of confining the initial geometry, possibly by combining jet quenching $v_2$ with elliptic flow and other jet quenching observables, for proper interpretation of the experimental data.
Jia Jiangyong
Wei Rui
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