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Quantifying initial state fluctuations in heavy ion collisions

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Petersen, H; Coleman-Smith, CE; Wolpert, RL
Published in: Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement
October 21, 2013

Quantum fluctuations induce interesting structures in the initial state profiles for hydrodynamic calculations of the hot and dense quark-gluon plasma phase of heavy ion collisions. Especially, after the discovery of non-zero odd higher flow coefficients, there has been a lot of theoretical effort to quantify the correlation lengths of energy density fluctuations. A new method to characterize initial state profiles based on a 2D Fourier analysis is presented and an outlook on how this analysis can lead to a better quantitative understanding of the properties of hot and dense nuclear matter is given.

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Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement

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1899-2358

Publication Date

October 21, 2013

Volume

6

Issue

3

Start / End Page

797 / 802
 

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Petersen, H., Coleman-Smith, C. E., & Wolpert, R. L. (2013). Quantifying initial state fluctuations in heavy ion collisions. Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement, 6(3), 797–802. https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolBSupp.6.797
Petersen, H., C. E. Coleman-Smith, and R. L. Wolpert. “Quantifying initial state fluctuations in heavy ion collisions.” Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement 6, no. 3 (October 21, 2013): 797–802. https://doi.org/10.5506/APhysPolBSupp.6.797.
Petersen H, Coleman-Smith CE, Wolpert RL. Quantifying initial state fluctuations in heavy ion collisions. Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement. 2013 Oct 21;6(3):797–802.
Petersen, H., et al. “Quantifying initial state fluctuations in heavy ion collisions.” Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement, vol. 6, no. 3, Oct. 2013, pp. 797–802. Scopus, doi:10.5506/APhysPolBSupp.6.797.
Petersen H, Coleman-Smith CE, Wolpert RL. Quantifying initial state fluctuations in heavy ion collisions. Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement. 2013 Oct 21;6(3):797–802.

Published In

Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement

DOI

ISSN

1899-2358

Publication Date

October 21, 2013

Volume

6

Issue

3

Start / End Page

797 / 802