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Title: Probing nuclear structure of heavy ions at energies available at the CERN Large Hadron Collider

Journal Article · · Physical Review. C
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  1. University of Jyväskylä (Finland); University of Helsinki (Finland)
  2. Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  3. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (United States)
  4. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)

We perform high-statistics simulations to study the impacts of nuclear structure on the ratios of anisotropic flow observables in 208Pb + 208Pb and 129Xe + 129Xe collisions at the Large Hadron Collider. Even with 40% difference in atomic numbers between 208Pb and 129Xe nuclei, the ratios of anisotropic flow in the same centrality class between the two collision systems are strongly affected by the nuclear structure inputs in the initial state. The ratios of v2⁡{4}/v2⁡{2} in these collisions are sensitive to the nuclear skin thickness of the colliding nuclei, providing indirect constraints on the nuclei's neutron skin. In conclusion, our model predictions serve as a benchmark to compare with experimental measurements.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); European Research Council; National Science Foundation (NSF)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704; AC02-05CH11231; SC0021969
OSTI ID:
2477572
Report Number(s):
BNL--226335-2024-JAAM
Journal Information:
Physical Review. C, Journal Name: Physical Review. C Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 110; ISSN 2469-9985
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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