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We perform high-statistics simulations to study the impacts of nuclear structure on the ratios of anisotropic flow observables in $^{208}$Pb+$^{208}$Pb and $^{129}$Xe+$^{129}$Xe collisions at the Large Hadron Collider. Even with $40\%$…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-10-01 Heikki Mäntysaari , Björn Schenke , Chun Shen , Wenbin Zhao

In the hydrodynamical description of heavy-ion collisions, the elliptic flow $\mathrm{v_{2}}$ and triangular flow $\mathrm{v_{3}}$ are sensitive to the quadrupole deformation $\mathrm{\beta_{2}}$ of the colliding nuclei. We produce…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-12-12 Saraswati Pandey , B. K. Singh

Details of the nuclear structure of $^{\rm 129}$Xe, such as the quadrupole deformation and the nuclear diffuseness, are studied by extensive measurements of anisotropic-flow-related observables in Xe--Xe collisions at a centre-of-mass…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2025-11-18 ALICE Collaboration

In the hydrodynamic model description of heavy ion collisions, the final-state anisotropic flow $v_n$ are linearly related to the strength of the multi-pole shape of the distribution of nucleons in the transverse plane $\varepsilon_n$,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-01-19 Jiangyong Jia

This work establishes a deep connection between two seemingly distant branches of nuclear physics: nuclear structure and relativistic heavy-ion collisions. At the heart of this connection is the recent discovery made at particle colliders…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-01-05 Giuliano Giacalone

In heavy ion collisions, elliptic flow $v_2$ and radial flow, characterized by event-wise average transverse momentum $[p_{\mathrm{T}}]$, are related to the shape and size of the overlap region, which are sensitive to the shape of colliding…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-01-19 Jiangyong Jia , Shengli Huang , Chunjian Zhang

We simulate ultra-central collisions of prolate uranium-uranium nuclei at intermediate energies using the isospin-dependent Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck model to investigate the impact of momentum anisotropy on spatial geometric effects. By…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-11-28 Xiao-Hua Fan , Zu-Xing Yang , Peng-Hui Chen , Zhi-Pan Li , Wei Zuo , Masaaki Kimura , Shunji Nishimura

In the hydrodynamic framework of heavy-ion collisions, elliptic flow, $v_2$, is sensitive to the quadrupole deformation, $\beta$, of the colliding ions. This enables one to test whether the established knowledge on the low-energy structure…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-01-04 Giuliano Giacalone , Jiangyong Jia , Chunjian Zhang

This study employs the isospin-dependent Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck model to simulate intermediate-energy heavy-ion collisions between prolate nuclei $^{24}$Mg. The emphasis is on investigating the influence of centrality and orientation…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-09-12 Xiao-Hua Fan , Zu-Xing Yang , Peng-Hui Chen , Shunji Nishimura , Zhi-Pan Li

We have investigated the performance of anisotropic flows $\langle v_n^2 \rangle$, transverse momentum fluctuations $\langle \delta p_T^2 \rangle $, and their correlations $\langle v_n^2 \delta p_T \rangle$ in central collisions at…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-09-23 Hai-Cheng Wang , Song-Jie Li , Lu-Meng Liu , Jun Xu , Zhong-Zhou Ren

Long-range multi-particle correlations in heavy-ion collisions have shown conclusive evidence of the hydrodynamic behavior of strongly interacting matter and are associated with the final-state azimuthal momentum anisotropy. In small…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-06-17 Aswathy Menon K R , Suraj Prasad , Neelkamal Mallick , Raghunath Sahoo

Impacts of nuclear structure on multiplicity ($N_{ch}$) and anisotropic flows ($v_{2}$ and $v_{3}$) in the isobaric collisions of $^{96}_{44}$Ru + $^{96}_{44}$Ru and $^{96}_{40}$Zr + $^{96}_{40}$Zr at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 7.7, 27, 62.4 and 200…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-07-27 Fei Li , Yu-Gang Ma , Song Zhang , Guo-Liang Ma , Qi-Ye Shou

Smashing nuclei at ultrarelativistic speeds and analyzing the momentum distribution of outgoing debris provides a powerful method to probe the many-body properties of the incoming nuclear ground states. Within a perturbative description of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-04-04 Thomas Duguet , Giuliano Giacalone , Sangyong Jeon , Alexander Tichai

In relativistic heavy-ion collisions, the radial flow of the fireball, usually characterized by transverse momentum spectra of final-state particles, encodes essential information about the hot and dense nuclear matter created in the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-02-05 Jie Zhu , Xiang-Yu Wu , Guang-You Qin

We study the transverse momentum ($p_T$) differential anisotropic flow and flow fluctuation in Pb+Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$=5.02 TeV at the LHC. A (3+1)-dimensional CLVisc hydrodynamics framework with fluctuating TRENTO (or AMPT)…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-01-30 Jie Zhu , Xiang-Yu Wu , Guang-You Qin

The shape of atomic nuclei is often interpreted to possess a quadrupole deformation that fluctuates around some average profile. We investigate the impact of nuclear shape fluctuations on the initial state geometry in heavy ion collisions,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-06-27 Aman Dimri , Somadutta Bhatta , Jiangyong Jia

Anisotropic flow is accredited to have effects from the initial state geometry and fluctuations in the nuclear overlap region. The elliptic flow ($v_2$) and triangular flow ($v_3$) coefficients of the final state particles are expected to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-04-13 Suraj Prasad , Neelkamal Mallick , Sushanta Tripathy , Raghunath Sahoo

Most atomic nuclei exhibit ellipsoidal shapes characterized by quadrupole deformation $\beta_2$ and triaxiality $\gamma$, and sometimes even a pear-like octupole deformation $\beta_3$. The STAR experiment introduced a new…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2025-10-24 STAR Collaboration

A Multi-Phase Transport (AMPT) model is used to investigate the efficacy of several flow observables to constrain the initial-state deformation of the Uranium nuclei in U$+$U collisions at nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-03-04 Niseem Magdy

Nuclei having $4n$ number of nucleons are theorized to possess clusters of $\alpha$ particles ($^4$He nucleus). The Oxygen nucleus ($^{16}$O) is a doubly magic nucleus, where the presence of an $\alpha$-clustered nuclear structure grants…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-12-02 Suraj Prasad , Neelkamal Mallick , Raghunath Sahoo , Gergely Gábor Barnaföldi
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