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Exploring Rapidity-Even Dipolar Flow in Isobaric Collisions at RHIC

Nuclear Theory 2024-08-08 v2 Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

Employing the AMPT transport model, we investigate the response of the rapidity-even dipolar flow (v1even\mathrm{v^{even}_{1}}) and its associated Global Momentum Conservation (GMC) parameter K\mathrm{K} to structural disparities within 96^{96}Ru and 96^{96}Zr nuclei. We analyze Ru+Ru\rm Ru+Ru and Zr+Zr\rm Zr+Zr collisions at a center-of-mass energy of sNN\sqrt{\textit{s}_{NN}} = 200 GeV. Our analysis demonstrates that the eccentricity ε1\varepsilon_1, v1even\mathrm{v^{even}_{1}} and K\mathrm{K} exhibit subtle yet discernible sensitivity to the input nuclear structure distinctions between 96^{96}Ru and 96^{96}Zr isobars. This observation suggests that measuring v1evenv^{\rm even}_{1} and the GMC parameter in these isobaric collisions could serve as a means to fine-tune the comprehension of their nuclear structure disparities and offer insights to enhance the initial condition assumptions of theoretical models.

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@article{arxiv.2308.11031,
  title  = {Exploring Rapidity-Even Dipolar Flow in Isobaric Collisions at RHIC},
  author = {Niseem Magdy and Roy Lacey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.11031},
  year   = {2024}
}

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7 pages, 6 figures

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