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A collision geometry-based 3D initial condition for relativistic heavy-ion collisions

Nuclear Theory 2020-07-22 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

We present a simple way to construct 3D initial conditions for relativistic heavy-ion collisions based on the Glauber collision geometry. Local energy and momentum conservation conditions are imposed to set non-trivial constraints on our parameterizations of longitudinal profiles for the system's initial energy density and flow velocity. After calibrating parameters with charged hadron rapidity distributions in central Au+Au collisions, we test model predictions for particle rapidity distributions in d+Au and peripheral Au+Au collisions in the Beam Energy Scan (BES) program at Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC). Simulations and comparisons with measurements are also made for Pb+Pb collisions at Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) energies. We demonstrate that elliptic flow measurements in heavy-ion collisions at s10\sqrt{s} \sim 10 GeV can set strong constraints on the dependence of Quark-Gluon Plasma shear viscosity on temperature and net baryon chemical potential.

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@article{arxiv.2003.05852,
  title  = {A collision geometry-based 3D initial condition for relativistic heavy-ion collisions},
  author = {Chun Shen and Sahr Alzhrani},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.05852},
  year   = {2020}
}

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14 pages, 15 figures

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