title: Anisotropic flow in event-by-event ideal hydrodynamic simulations of √[s(NN)]=200 GeV Au+Au collisions.
abstract: We simulate top-energy Au+Au collisions using ideal hydrodynamics in order to make the first comparison to the complete set of midrapidity flow measurements made by the PHENIX Collaboration. A simultaneous calculation of v(2), v(3), v(4), and the first event-by-event calculation of quadrangular flow defined with respect to the v(2) event plane (v(4){Ψ(2)}) gives good agreement with measured values, including the dependence on both transverse momentum and centrality. This provides confirmation that the collision system is indeed well described as a quark-gluon plasma with an extremely small viscosity and that correlations are dominantly generated from collective effects. In addition, we present a prediction for v(5).
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, C. P. 66318, 05315-970, São Paulo-SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernando G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Gardim
authors.forename: Frédérique
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grassi
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luzum
authors.forename: Jean-Yves
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Ollitrault