On differences between even and odd anisotropic-flow harmonics in non-equilibrated systems

Mar 24, 2022
18 pages
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  • Eur.Phys.J.C 83 (2023) 2, 114
  • Published: Feb 3, 2023
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Abstract: (Springer)
To assess how anisotropic transverse flow is created in a system out of equilibrium, we compare several kinetic-theoretical models in the few-rescatterings regime. We compare the flow harmonics vnv_n from three types of transport simulations, with either 222\rightarrow 2 or 202\rightarrow 0 collision kernels and in the former case allowing the particles to rescatter several times or not, and from analytical calculations neglecting the gain term of the Boltzmann equation. We find that the even flow harmonics are similar in all approaches, while the odd ones differ significantly. This suggests that while even vnv_n harmonics may to a large extent be due to the anisotropic escape probability of particles, this is not the predominant mechanism underlying the odd vnv_n coefficients.
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  • v2: expanded version (final): new title, 18 pages, 14 figures
  • flow: anisotropy
  • nucleus nucleus: scattering
  • Boltzmann equation
  • elliptic flow
  • triangular flow
  • numerical calculations