Describing transverse dynamics and space-time evolution at RHIC in a hydrodynamic model with statistical hadronization

Abstract

A hydrodynamic model coupled to the statistical hadronization code Therminator is used to study a set of observables in the soft sector at RHIC. A satisfactory description of the pT-spectra and elliptic flow is obtained, similarly to other hydrodynamic models. With the Gaussian initial conditions the transverse femtoscopic radii are also reproduced, providing a possible solution of the RHIC HBT puzzle.

Comments: to appear in the conference proceedings for Quark Matter 2009, March 30 - April 4, Knoxville, Tennessee