Azimuthal Harmonics in Small and Large Collision Systems at RHIC Top Energies

Collaboration
Jan 23, 2019
8 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 122 (2019) 17, 172301
  • Published: May 1, 2019
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Abstract: (APS)
The first (v1fluc), second (v2), and third (v3) harmonic coefficients of the azimuthal particle distribution at midrapidity are extracted for charged hadrons and studied as a function of transverse momentum (pT) and mean charged particle multiplicity density ⟨Nch⟩ in U+U (sNN=193  GeV), Au+Au, Cu+Au, Cu+Cu, d+Au, and p+Au collisions at sNN=200  GeV with the STAR detector. For the same ⟨Nch⟩, the v1fluc and v3 coefficients are observed to be independent of the collision system, while v2 exhibits such a scaling only when normalized by the initial-state eccentricity (ϵ2). The data also show that ln(v2/ϵ2) scales linearly with ⟨Nch⟩-1/3. These measurements provide insight into initial-geometry fluctuations and the role of viscous hydrodynamic attenuation on vn from small to large collision systems.
  • 25.75.-q
  • 25.75.Gz
  • 25.75.Ld
  • Nuclear Physics
  • charged particle: multiplicity
  • hydrodynamics: viscosity
  • multiplicity: density
  • Brookhaven RHIC Coll
  • transverse momentum
  • initial state