Reexamination of eccentricity scaling of elliptic flow and incomplete thermalization scenario in heavy-ion collisions at energies available at CERN Large Hadron Collider

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Hauptverfasser: Yadav, Arun Kumar, Bhaduri, Partha Pratim, Chattopadhyay, Subhasis
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author Yadav, Arun Kumar
Bhaduri, Partha Pratim
Chattopadhyay, Subhasis
author_facet Yadav, Arun Kumar
Bhaduri, Partha Pratim
Chattopadhyay, Subhasis
contents In this article, we reexamine the formulation for extraction of Knudsen number ($K$), the ratio of shear viscosity to entropy density ($η/s$), within the incomplete thermalization scenario, using eccentricity scaling of elliptic flow ($v_{2}$) of final state hadrons. Data on centrality dependence of charged hadron $v_{2}$ in Xe-Xe and Pb-Pb collisions, measured by ALICE and CMS collaborations at LHC are analyzed for this purpose. Results have been compared using two different models of collision namely Glauber Monte Carlo and TRENTO. The measured $v_{2}$, even for $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=5.02$ TeV most central Pb-Pb collisions is found to be below the ideal hydrodynamic limit by at least $15 \%$. Extracted $η/s$ of the medium exhibit heavy dependence on the employed initial conditions. Impact of the Pade approximants based alternative formulation of the functional relation between $v_{2}$ and $K$ are also investigated in detail. Our studies reconfirm the importance of clarifying the initial state configuration as well as the inbuilt ambiguities in employing the transport approach based on incomplete equilibrium in a strongly coupled regime at LHC.
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spellingShingle Reexamination of eccentricity scaling of elliptic flow and incomplete thermalization scenario in heavy-ion collisions at energies available at CERN Large Hadron Collider
Yadav, Arun Kumar
Bhaduri, Partha Pratim
Chattopadhyay, Subhasis
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
In this article, we reexamine the formulation for extraction of Knudsen number ($K$), the ratio of shear viscosity to entropy density ($η/s$), within the incomplete thermalization scenario, using eccentricity scaling of elliptic flow ($v_{2}$) of final state hadrons. Data on centrality dependence of charged hadron $v_{2}$ in Xe-Xe and Pb-Pb collisions, measured by ALICE and CMS collaborations at LHC are analyzed for this purpose. Results have been compared using two different models of collision namely Glauber Monte Carlo and TRENTO. The measured $v_{2}$, even for $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=5.02$ TeV most central Pb-Pb collisions is found to be below the ideal hydrodynamic limit by at least $15 \%$. Extracted $η/s$ of the medium exhibit heavy dependence on the employed initial conditions. Impact of the Pade approximants based alternative formulation of the functional relation between $v_{2}$ and $K$ are also investigated in detail. Our studies reconfirm the importance of clarifying the initial state configuration as well as the inbuilt ambiguities in employing the transport approach based on incomplete equilibrium in a strongly coupled regime at LHC.
title Reexamination of eccentricity scaling of elliptic flow and incomplete thermalization scenario in heavy-ion collisions at energies available at CERN Large Hadron Collider
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.02297