Hydrodynamic predictions for 5.44 TeV Xe+Xe collisions
Nuclear Theory
2018-03-07 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract
We argue that relativistic hydrodynamics is able to make robust predictions for soft particle production in Xe+Xe collisions at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The change of system size from Pb+Pb to Xe+Xe provides a unique opportunity to test the scaling laws inherent to fluid dynamics. Using event-by-event hydrodynamic simulations, we make quantitative predictions for several observables: mean transverse momentum, anisotropic flow coefficients, and their fluctuations. Results are shown as function of collision centrality.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1711.08499,
title = {Hydrodynamic predictions for 5.44 TeV Xe+Xe collisions},
author = {Giuliano Giacalone and Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler and Matthew Luzum and Jean-Yves Ollitrault},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.08499},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
10 pages, 5 figures; v2: now with deformed Xe nuclei