Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1837792 | Nuclear Physics A | 2009 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
In this contribution we present an alternative scenario for the large elliptic flow observed in relativistic heavy ion collisions. Motivated by recent results from Lattice QCD on flavor off-diagonal susceptibilities we argue that the matter right above Tc can be described by single-particle dynamics in a repulsive single-particle potential, which in turn gives rise to elliptic flow. These ideas can be tested experimentally by measuring elliptic flow of heavy quarks, preferably via the measurement of J/Ψ elliptic flow.
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