Abstract
We present first measurements of the evolution of the differential transverse momentum correlation function, C, with collision centrality in Au. +. Au interactions at sNN=200 GeV. This observable exhibits a strong dependence on collision centrality that is qualitatively similar to that of number correlations previously reported. We use the observed longitudinal broadening of the near-side peak of C with increasing centrality to estimate the ratio of the shear viscosity to entropy density, η/s, of the matter formed in central Au. +. Au interactions. We obtain an upper limit estimate of η/s that suggests that the produced medium has a small viscosity per unit entropy.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 467-473 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Physics Letters B |
Volume | 704 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 25 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
We thank the RHIC Operations Group and RCF at BNL, the NERSC Center at LBNL, and the Open Science Grid consortium for providing resources and support. This work was supported in part by the Offices of NP and HEP within the U.S. DOE Office of Science , the U.S. NSF , the Sloan Foundation , the DFG cluster of excellence \u2018Origin and Structure of the Universe\u2019 of Germany, CNRS/IN2P3 , STFC and EPSRC of the United Kingdom, FAPESP CNPq of Brazil, Ministry of Ed. and Sci. of the Russian Federation , NNSFC , CAS , MoST , and MoE of China , GA and MSMT of the Czech Republic , FOM and NWO of the Netherlands , DAE , DST , and CSIR of India , Polish Ministry of Sci. and Higher Ed. , Korea Research Foundation , Ministry of Sci., Ed. and Sports of the Rep. Of Croatia , Russian Ministry of Sci. and Tech , and RosAtom of Russia .
Funders | Funder number |
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Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India | |
Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie | |
Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India | |
Science and Technology Facilities Council | |
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek | |
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India | |
MSMT | |
U.S. NSF | |
Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China | |
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | |
Ministry of Sci | |
Chinese Academy of Sciences | |
Office of Science | |
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | |
Council on grants of the President of the Russian Federation | |
National Natural Science Foundation of China | |
FAPESP CNPq | |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft | CNRS/IN2P3 |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
Keywords
- Azimuthal correlations
- Heavy ion collisions
- QGP