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    Elliptic flow from event-by-event hydrodynamics

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    We present an event-by-event hydrodynamical framework which takes into account the initial density fluctuations arising from a Monte Carlo Glauber model. The elliptic flow is calculated with the event plane method and a one-to-one comparison with the measured event plane v2v_2 is made. Both the centrality- and pTp_T-dependence of the v2v_2 are remarkably well reproduced. We also find that the participant plane is a quite good approximation for the event plane.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures. Talk given at Quark Matter 2011, 22-28 May 2011, Annecy, Franc

    The right choice of moment for anisotropic fluid dynamics

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    We study anisotropic fluid dynamics derived from the Boltzmann equation based on a particular choice for the anisotropic distribution function within a boost-invariant expansion of the fluid in one spatial dimension. In order to close the conservation equations we need to choose an additional moment of the Boltzmann equation. We discuss the influence of this choice of closure on the time evolution of fluid-dynamical variables and search for the best agreement to the solution of the Boltzmann equation in the relaxation-time approximation.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, proceedings for Quark Matter 201
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