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We propose Kolmogorov-Smirnov test as a means for recognising event-by-event fluctuations of rapidity distributions in relativistic heavy ion collisions. Such fluctuations may be induced by the spinodal decomposition of the rapidly…

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Event-by-Event Multiplicity Fluctuations in Heavy-Ion Collisions Using Modified HIJING Monte Carlo Generator

This work presents an analysis of event-by-event multiplicity fluctuations as a sensitive tool for diagnosing the state of matter produced in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Using a modified version of the HIJING Monte Carlo generator,…

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Forward-backward correlations in nucleus-nucleus collisions: baseline contributions from geometrical fluctuations

We discuss the effects of initial collision geometry and centrality bin definition on correlation and fluctuation observables in nucleus-nucleus collisions. We focus on the forward-backward correlation coefficient recently measured by the…

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Systematic study of flow vector fluctuations in $\mathbf{\sqrt{\textit{s}_{_{\bf NN}}}=5.02}$ TeV Pb-Pb collisions

Measurements of the $p_{\rm T}$-dependent flow vector fluctuations in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{\rm NN}}} = 5.02~\mathrm{TeV}$ using azimuthal correlations with the ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider are presented. A…

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Centrality fluctuations in heavy-ion collisions

Volume or centrality fluctuations (CF) is one of the main uncertainties for interpreting the centrality dependence of many experimental observables. The CF is constrained by centrality selection based on particle multiplicity in a reference…

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Random model of flow decorrelation

The collective flow generated in relativistic heavy-ion collisions fluctuates from event to event. The fluctuations lead to a decorrelation of flow vectors measured in separate bins in phase space. These effects have been measured in…

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Improved version of the PHOBOS Glauber Monte Carlo

Glauber models are used to calculate geometric quantities in the initial state of heavy ion collisions, such as impact parameter, number of participating nucleons and initial eccentricity. Experimental heavy-ion collaboration, in particular…

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Electro-magnetic field fluctuation and its correlation with the participant plane in Au+Au and isobaric collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV

Intense transient electric ({\bf E}) and magnetic ({\bf B}) fields are produced in the high energy heavy-ion collisions. The electromagnetic fields produced in such high-energy heavy-ion collisions are proposed to give rise to a multitude…

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Flow analysis from multiparticle azimuthal correlations

We present a new method for analyzing directed and elliptic flow in heavy ion collisions. Unlike standard methods, it separates the contribution of flow to azimuthal correlations from contributions due to other effects. The separation…

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Initial state fluctuations and higher harmonic flow in heavy-ion collisions

A framework combining Yang-Mills dynamics of the pre-equilibrium glasma with relativistic viscous hydrodynamic evolution of the quark-gluon plasma and hadron gas phases is presented. Event-by-event fluctuations of nucleon positions and…

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Event plane dependence of the flow modulated background in di-hadron and jet-hadron correlations in heavy ion collisions

Di-hadron and jet-hadron correlations are commonly used in relativistic heavy ion collisions to study the soft component of jets in a quark gluon plasma. There is a large correlated background which is described by the Fourier decomposition…

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Measurement of flow coefficients in high-multiplicity $p$+Au, $d$+Au and $^{3}$He$+$Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{\mathrm{NN}}}}$=200 GeV

Flow coefficients ($v_2$ and $v_3$) are measured in high-multiplicity $p$+Au, $d$+Au, and $^{3}$He$+$Au collisions at a center-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{s_{_{\mathrm{NN}}}}$ = 200 GeV using the STAR detector. The measurements utilize…

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Collision system and beam energy dependence of anisotropic flow fluctuations

New measurements of two- and four-particle elliptic flow are used to investigate flow fluctuations in collisions of U+U at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 193~GeV, Cu+Au at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200~GeV and Au+Au at several beam energies. These measurements…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-02-20 Niseem Magdy

Fluctuations of charge separation perpendicular to the event plane and local parity violation in sqrt(sNN)=200 GeV Au+Au collisions at RHIC

Previous experimental results based on data (15 million events) collected by the STAR detector at RHIC suggest event-by-event charge separation fluctuations perpendicular to the event plane in non-central heavy-ion collisions. Here we…

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Exploring the QCD phase diagram with fluctuations

We report on recent progress concerning theoretical description of event-by-event fluctuations in heavy-ion collisions. Specifically we discuss a new Cooper-Frye particlization routine -- the subensemble sampler -- which is designed to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-04-21 Volker Koch , Volodymyr Vovchenko

New measures of longitudinal decorrelation of harmonic flow

Harmonic flow in relativistic heavy-ion collisions is observed in a broad range of rapidities, and the flow at different rapidities is correlated. However, fluctuations lead to a small decorrelation of the harmonic flow magnitudes and flow…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-02-20 Piotr Bozek , Wojciech Broniowski

Characterization of relativistic heavy-ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider through temperature fluctuations

We propose to characterize heavy-ion collisions at ultra-relativistic energies by using fluctuations of energy density and temperature. Temperature fluctuations on an event-by-event basis have been studied both in terms of global…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2020-09-08 Sumit Basu , Rupa Chatterjee , Bastanta K. Nandi , Tapan K. Nayak

Study of dynamical charge fluctuations in the hadronic medium

The dynamical charge fluctuations have been studied in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions by using hadronic model simulations, such as UrQMD and HIJING. The evolution of fluctuations has been calculated at different time steps during…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-03-03 Bhanu Sharma , Madan M. Aggarwal , Nihar Ranjan Sahoo , Tapan K. Nayak

Eliminating experimental bias in anisotropic-flow measurements of high-energy nuclear collisions

We argue that the traditional event-plane method, which is still widely used to analyze anisotropic flow in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions, should be abandoned because flow fluctuations introduce an uncontrolled bias in the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2013-05-01 Matthew Luzum , Jean-Yves Ollitrault