The importance of the initial geometry in heavy in collisions

2007/07/01 by R. S. Hollis, Hollis, R. S.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #nucl-ex

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0707.0125

5 pages, 3 figures. Proceedings for the 42nd Moriond conference, La Thuille Italy

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Abstract

Elliptic flow, elliptic flow fluctuations and fluctuations in the initial geometry point to a description of nuclear collisions that is driven by the initial geometry, a quantity which appears to be imprinted from the instant of the collision. In these proceedings, recent results from the PHOBOS collaboration are discussed in the context of the importance of the collision geometry.

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