  The high $p_{\rm T}>3$ GeV azimuthal asymmetry, $v_2(p_{\rm T})$, in
non-central nuclear collisions at RHIC is shown to be a sensitive measure of
the initial parton density distribution of the produced quark-gluon plasma. A
generalization of the Gyulassy-Levai-Vitev (GLV) non-abelian energy loss
formalism including Bjorken 1+1D expansion as well as important kinematic
constraints is used.

Nuclear Theory;High Energy Physics - Phenomenology