Observable signatures of initial state momentum anisotropies in nuclear collisions

Abstract

We show that the correlation between the elliptic momentum anisotropy, $v_2$, and the average transverse momentum, $[p_T]$, at fixed multiplicity in small system nuclear collisions carries information on the origin of the observed momentum anisotropy. A calculation using a hybrid IP-Glasma+\textsc{Music}+UrQMD model that includes contributions from final state response to the initial geometry as well as initial state momentum anisotropies of the Color Glass Condensate, predicts a characteristic sign change of the correlator $\hat{\rho }(v_2^2,[p_T])$ as a function of charged particle multiplicity in p+Au and d+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s}=200\mathrm{GeV}$, and p+Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s}=5.02\mathrm{TeV}$. This sign change is absent in calculations without initial state momentum anisotropies. The model further predicts a qualitative difference between the centrality dependence of $\hat{\rho }(v_2^2,[p_T])$ in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s}=200\mathrm{GeV}$ and Pb+Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s}=5.02\mathrm{TeV}$, with only the latter showing a sign change in peripheral events. Predictions for O+O collisions at different collision energy show a similar behavior. Experimental observation of these distinct qualitative features of $\hat{\rho }(v_2^2,[p_T])$ in small and large systems would constitute strong evidence for the presence and importance of initial state momentum anisotropies predicted by the Color Glass Condensate effective theory.

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