Collective flow and fluid behavior in p/d/3^{3}He+Au collisions at sNN=200{ \sqrt{\boldsymbol s_{\boldsymbol NN}} \bf = 200} GeV*

Jul 6, 2023
8 pages
Published in:
  • Chin.Phys.C 48 (2024) 10, 104102
  • Published: 2024
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Abstract: (IOP)
By varying the intrinsic initial geometry, p/d/3^{3}He+Au collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) provide a unique opportunity to understand the collective behavior and probe possible sub-nucleon fluctuations in small systems. In this study, we employed the hybrid model iEBEVISHNU {\mathrm{iEBE-VISHNU}} under TRENTo initial conditions to study the collective flow and fluid behavior in p/d/3^{3}He+Au collisions. With fine-tuned parameters, iEBEVISHNU {\mathrm{iEBE-VISHNU}} can describe the v2(pT) v_2(p_T) and v3(pT) v_3(p_T) data from the PHENIX and STAR collaborations. However, for certain parameter sets with initial sub-nucleon fluctuations, the hydrodynamic simulations already go beyond their limits with an average Knudsen number Kn \langle K_n \rangle clearly larger than unity. Our calculations demonstrate that, for a meaningful evaluation of the fluid behavior in small systems, model simulations must also pay attention to the validity range of hydrodynamics.
  • heavy-ion collisions
  • hydrodynamics
  • collective flow
  • particle flow: collective phenomena
  • heavy ion: scattering
  • model: hybrid
  • fluid
  • STAR
  • hydrodynamics
  • boundary condition