arXiv · 1808.08334
Directed flow in an extended multiphase transport model
Abstract
We have studied the rapidity-odd directed flow in $^{197}$Au+$^{197}$Au collisions in the beam energy range from $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 7.7 to 39 GeV within the framework of an extended multiphase transport model with both partonic and hadronic mean-field potentials incorporated. Effects of the partonic scatterings, mean-field potentials, hadronization, and hadronic evolution on the directed flow are investigated, and it is found that the final directed flow is mostly sensitive to the partonic scatterings and the hadronization mechanism. Our study shows that a negative slope of the proton directed flow does not necessarily need the equation of state with a first-order phase transition.
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Chong-Qiang Guo, He Liu, Jun Xu. 2018-08-24. Directed flow in an extended multiphase transport model. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.98.024914
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