6 de março de 2018 | Altas Energias, Publicações

Hydrodynamic Predictions for 5.44 TeV Xe+Xe Collisions

Giuliano Giacalone, Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler, Matthew Luzum, Jean-Yves Ollitrault

Phys. Rev. C 97, 034904

06/03/2018

Abstract

We argue that relativistic hydrodynamics is able to make robust predictions for soft particle production in Xe+Xe collisions at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The change of system size from Pb+Pb to Xe+Xe provides a unique opportunity to test the scaling laws inherent to fluid dynamics. Using event-by-event hydrodynamic simulations, we make quantitative predictions for several observables: mean transverse momentum, anisotropic flow coefficients, and their fluctuations. Results are shown as a function of collision centrality.

10.1103/PhysRevC.97.034904