Longitudinal flow decorrelations in Xe+Xe collisions at √sNN=5.44 TeV with the ATLAS detector

ATLAS Collaboration; G. Aad

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.122301

Longitudinal flow decorrelations in Xe+Xe collisions at √s_NN=5.44 TeV with the ATLAS detector

ATLAS Collaboration, G. Aad

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Abstract

The first measurement of longitudinal decorrelations of harmonic flow amplitudes v_n for n=2, 3 and 4 in Xe+Xe collisions at √s_NN=5.44 TeV is obtained using 3~μb⁻¹ of data with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The decorrelation signal for v₃ and v₄ is found to be nearly independent of collision centrality and transverse momentum (p_T) requirements on final-state particles, but for v₂ a strong centrality and p_T dependence is seen. When compared with the results from Pb+Pb collisions at √s_NN=5.02 TeV, the longitudinal decorrelation signal in mid-central Xe+Xe collisions is found to be larger for v₂, but smaller for v₃. Current hydrodynamic models reproduce the ratios of the v_n measured in Xe+Xe collisions to those in Pb+Pb collisions but fail to describe the magnitudes and trends of the ratios of longitudinal flow decorrelations between Xe+Xe and Pb+Pb. These results provide new insights into the longitudinal structure of the initial-state geometry in heavy-ion collisions.

Original language	English
Article number	122301
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	126
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.122301
Publication status	Published - 24 Mar 2021

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29 pages in total, author list starting page 13, 4 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. All figures including auxiliary figures are available at https://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/GROUPS/PHYSICS/PAPERS/HION-2019-06/

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Aad, G. et al., 2021. Longitudinal Flow Decorrelations in Xe+Xe Collisions at sNN=5.44 TeV with the ATLAS Detector. Physical Review Letters, 126(12). Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.126.122301.
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