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Using the improved string-melting version of a Multi-Phase Transport model, we investigated the impact of nuclear geometry of $^{16}$O on anisotropic flows in O+O collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 200$ GeV. To evaluate the influence of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-02-24 Xin-Li Zhao , You Zhou , Zi-Wei Lin , Chao Zhang , Guo-Liang Ma

In the framework of a multi-phase transport model, fluctuation and correlation of the azimuthal anisotropies in $^{12}$C+$^{197}$Au collisions at $\sqrt{S_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV are explored. Properties of the initial eccentricity and final…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-08-05 L. Ma. Y. G. Ma , S. Zhang

To understand the true origin of flowlike signatures and applicability of hydrodynamics in small collision systems, effects of soft QCD dynamics, the sensitivity of jetlike correlations, and nonequilibrium effects, efforts are being made to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-09-18 Debadatta Behera , Suraj Prasad , Neelkamal Mallick , Raghunath Sahoo

The initial geometry effect on collective flows, which are inherited from initial projectile structure, is studied in relativistic heavy-ion collisions of $^{12}$C + Au by using a multi-phase transport model (AMPT). Elliptic flow ($v_2$)…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-06-21 S. Zhang , Y. G. Ma , J. H. Chen , W. B. He , C. Zhong

The presence of $\alpha$ clustered structures in light nuclei can enhance the initial spatial anisotropies in relativistic nuclear collisions relative to those arising from nuclei with uniform density distributions. Thus, observables that…

$\alpha$-clustered structures in light nuclei could be studied through "snapshots" taken by relativistic heavy-ion collisions. A multiphase transport (AMPT) model is employed to simulate the initial structure of collision nuclei and the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-11-18 Yi-An Li , Song Zhang , Yu-Gang Ma

We explore possible observable signatures of $\alpha$ clustering of light nuclei in ultra-relativistic nuclear collisions involving ${}^{7,9}$Be, ${}^{12}$C, and ${}^{16}$O. The clustering leads to specific spatial correlations of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-03-28 Maciej Rybczyński , Milena Piotrowska , Wojciech Broniowski

The search for specific signals in ultra-relativistic heavy-light ion collisions addressing intrinsic geometric features of nuclei may open a new window to low energy nuclear structure. We discuss specifically the phenomenon of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-24 Enrique Ruiz Arriola , Wojciech Broniowski

RHIC and LHC have injected $^{16}\rm O$ nuclei in their accelerator complexes with a focus on investigating collectivity and the origin of quark-gluon plasma signatures in small collision systems. The $^{16}\rm O$ nuclei are known to…

We study symmetric and asymmetric cumulants as well as rapidity-even dipolar flow in ${}^{16}$O+${}^{16}$O collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200$~GeV to explore $\alpha$-clustering phenomena in light nuclei within the viscous relativistic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-02-10 Kaiser Shafi , Sandeep Chatterjee

The initial-state geometry in relativistic heavy-ion collisions provides a novel probe to nuclear cluster structure. For $^{20}$Ne, a novel approach is proposed to distinguish between the cluster configurations (5$\alpha$ versus $\alpha +…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-03-03 Pei Li , Bo Zhou , Guo-Liang Ma

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

We investigate ultrarelativistic collisions of the 12C nucleus with heavy targets and show that the harmonic flow measures based on ratios of cumulant moments are particularly suited to study the intrinsic deformation of the 12C wave…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-12-10 Piotr Bozek , Wojciech Broniowski , Enrique Ruiz Arriola , Maciej Rybczynski

This study investigates the influence of $\alpha$-cluster structures in relativistic light nuclear collisions. Using a cluster framework, I extract the characteristics of the nucleonic configurations of $^{16}$O and $^{20}$Ne as predicted…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-02-25 Hadi Mehrabpour

This article comprises three sections. Section 2 starts with a review of ab initio no-core shell model calculations by Monte Carlo Shell Model. Alpha clustering arises for 8,10,12Be and 12C with Daejeon16 and JISP16 interactions, even in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-04-09 Takaharu Otsuka , Alexander Volya , Naoyuki Itagaki

In high-energy heavy-ion collisions, structures in the initial collision zone are a matter of intense investigation, both from theory and experimental points of view. A large number of models have been developed to represent the initial…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-04-02 Shreyasi Acharya , Subhasis Chattopadhyay

It is important to understand whether $\alpha$-clustering structures can leave traces in ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions. Using the modified AMPT model, we simulate three $\alpha$ + core configurations of $^{44}$Ti in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-04-05 Yu-Xuan Zhang , Song Zhang , Yu-Gang Ma

The persistence of $\alpha+\alpha+t$ cluster configuration in the ground state of $^{11}$B is discussed. The $\alpha$ particles emitted from excited states of $^{12}$C could be utilized for cancer treatment, where the cluster states are…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-02-16 Naoyuki Itagaki , Tomoya Naito , Yuichi Hirata

Since the discovery of molecular resonances in $^{12}$C+$^{12}$C in the early sixties a great deal of research work has been undertaken to study alpha-clustering. Our knowledge on physics of nuclear molecules has increased considerably and…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-09-16 C. Beck

In this paper, we explore the effects of the presence of clustered nuclear structure of $^{16}O$ in the final state elliptic flow fluctuations through $^{16}O$-$^{16}O$ collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}=7$ TeV within a hybrid model,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-04-16 Suraj Prasad , Neelkamal Mallick , Raghunath Sahoo , Gergely Gabor Barnafoldi
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