Differential elliptic flow prediction at the LHC from parton transport

TL;DR

This paper predicts the change in differential elliptic flow v2(pT) from RHIC to LHC energies assuming a minimal shear viscosity, providing insights into quark-gluon plasma behavior at higher energies.

Contribution

It offers a novel prediction of elliptic flow at LHC energies based on a specific shear viscosity assumption, extending previous RHIC results.

Findings

Elliptic flow v2(pT) increases at LHC energies compared to RHIC.

The minimal shear viscosity assumption influences the predicted flow patterns.

Provides a baseline for experimental comparison at the LHC.

Abstract

We predict how differential elliptic flow v2(pT) changes from RHIC to LHC collision energies (Pb+Pb at 5.5 TeV/nucleon), ASSUMING that the quark-gluon system created has a ``minimal'' shear viscosity eta/s = 1/(4*pi) at both RHIC and the LHC.