# Elliptic flow of thermal photons in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV

@article{Liu2009EllipticFO,
title={Elliptic flow of thermal photons in Au+Au collisions at \$\sqrt\{s\_\{NN\}\}=200\$ GeV},
author={Fuming Liu and Tetsufumi Hirano and Klaus Werner and Yan Zhu},
journal={Physical Review C},
year={2009},
volume={80}
}
The transverse momentum (p t ) dependence, the centrality dependence, and the rapidity dependence of the elliptic flow of thermal photons in Au + Au collisions at √S NN = 200 GeV are predicted on the basis of a three-dimensional ideal hydrodynamic description of the hot and dense matter. The elliptic flow parameter ν 2 , i.e., the second Fourier coefficient of azimuthal distribution, of thermal photons first increases with p t and then decreases for p t > 2 GeV/c, because of the weak transverse…
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