Elliptic Flow: A collective effect

dN/d(f -YR ) = N0 (1 + 2V1cos (f-YR) + 2V2cos (2(f-YR)) + ... )

Elliptic flow

Beam’s eye view of a

non-central collision:

Particles prefer to be “in plane”:

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