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Flow in collisions of light nuclei

Nuclear Theory 2021-02-03 v2 Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

In this talk we discuss several interesting aspects of collective flow in small systems in reference to planned future experiments. First, we bring in the novel possibility of exploring elliptic flow with heavy nuclei collisions on polarized deuteron targets, accessible in AFTER@LHC program after Long Shutdown 3. Then we pass to the Glauber model predictions for the presently considered 16O16O{}^{16}{\rm O}-{}^{16}{\rm O} program and RHIC and the LHC. Finally, we turn to our previous proposal concerning specific flow signatures of intrinsic correlations (such as the supposed α\alpha clusterization) in the structure of light nuclei in collisions with heavy nuclei. In particular, 12C{}^{12}{\rm C}--heavy nucleus ultrarelativistic reactions would provide insight into the ground-state 12C{}^{12}{\rm C} structure, complementary to the traditional nuclear structure features.

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@article{arxiv.2001.10260,
  title  = {Flow in collisions of light nuclei},
  author = {Wojciech Broniowski and Piotr Bożek and Maciej Rybczyński and Enrique Ruiz Arriola},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.10260},
  year   = {2021}
}

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