Heavy flavor electron $v_{2}$ in Au$+$Au Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=62.4 GeV

ORAL

Abstract

Heavy quarks are produced early in relativistic heavy ion collisions and propagate through and interact with the medium created in the collisions. The measurement of azimuthal anisotropy $v_{2}$ of single electrons from semi$-$leptonic decay of open heavy flavor mesons in PHENIX experiment has provided important understanding of the geometrical dependence of partonic energy loss. PHENIX results of $v_{2}$ in Au$+$Au collision at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=200GeV for heavy-flavor decays are comparable to the $v_{2}$ measurements of other hadrons, which is not well understood. We extend the PHENIX systematic study of azimuthal anisotropy by reducing the beam energy to $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=62.4GeV. We will present $v_{2}$ of heavy flavor electrons at 62.4GeV.

Authors

  • Lei Ding

    Iowa State University