Longitudinal eccentricity decorrelations in heavy ion collisions

Abstract

In heavy-ion collisions, the harmonic flow $V_n$ of final-state particles are driven by the eccentricity vector ${\mathcal{E}}_n$ that describe the shape of the initial fireball projected in the transverse plane. It is realized recently that the structure and shape of the fireball, and consequently the ${\mathcal{E}}_n$, fluctuate in pseudorapidity $\eta$ in a single event, ${\mathcal{E}}_n(\eta )$. This leads to eccentricity decorrelation between different $\eta$, driving the longitudinal flow decorrelations observed in the experiments. Using a Glauber model with a paramerterized longitudinal structure, we have estimated the eccentricity decorrelations and related them to the measured flow decorrelation coefficients for elliptic flow $n=2$ and triangular flow $n=3$. We investigated the dependence of eccentricity decorrelations on the choice of collision system in terms of the size, asymmetry and deformation of the nuclei. We found that these nuclear geometry effects lead to significant and characteristic patterns on the eccentricity decorrelations, which describe the measured ratios of the flow decorrelations between Xe+Xe and Pb+Pb collisions. These patterns can be searched for using existing experimental data at RHIC and the LHC, and if confirmed, they will provide a mean to improve our understanding of the initial state of the heavy-ion collisions.

arXiv comment7 pages, 5 figures

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