2016/09/08 by Chun Shen, Jean-François Paquet, Gabriel S. Denicol +2 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevc.95.014906
published as Phys. Rev. C 95, 014906 (2017) · 21 pages, 23 figures
arxiv created 2016/09/08 · arxiv updated 2017/01/25
Collective behaviour has been observed in hadronic measurements of high multiplicity proton+lead collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), as well as in (proton, deuteron, helium-3)+gold collisions at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC). To better understand the evolution dynamics and the properties of the matter created in these small systems, a systematic study of the soft hadronic observables together with electromagnetic radiation from these collisions is performed, using a hydrodynamic framework. Quantitative agreement is found between theoretical calculations and existing experimental hadronic observables. The validity of the fluid dynamical description is estimated by calculating Knudsen and inverse Reynolds numbers. Sizeable thermal yields are predicted for low pT photons. Further predictions of higher order charged hadron anisotropic flow coefficients and of thermal photon enhancement are proposed.