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Main Authors: Niemi, Harri, Auvinen, Jussi, Eskola, Kari J., Hirvonen, Henry, Kanakubo, Yuuka, Kuha, Mikko
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.26237
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author Niemi, Harri
Auvinen, Jussi
Eskola, Kari J.
Hirvonen, Henry
Kanakubo, Yuuka
Kuha, Mikko
author_facet Niemi, Harri
Auvinen, Jussi
Eskola, Kari J.
Hirvonen, Henry
Kanakubo, Yuuka
Kuha, Mikko
contents We present a novel saturation and leading order collinear factorization based Monte-Carlo implementation of the EKRT model for computing QCD matter initial states in high-energy nuclear collisions. As new features the MC implementation gives a full 3-dimensional initial state event-by-event, introduces new event-by-event fluctuating spatially dependent nuclear parton distribution functions, includes dynamical fluctuations in minijet production and saturation, and accounts for the energy-momentum and valence-quark number conservation.
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spellingShingle MC-EKRT: Monte Carlo event generator with saturated minijet production for initializing 3+1 D fluid dynamics in high energy nuclear collisions
Niemi, Harri
Auvinen, Jussi
Eskola, Kari J.
Hirvonen, Henry
Kanakubo, Yuuka
Kuha, Mikko
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
We present a novel saturation and leading order collinear factorization based Monte-Carlo implementation of the EKRT model for computing QCD matter initial states in high-energy nuclear collisions. As new features the MC implementation gives a full 3-dimensional initial state event-by-event, introduces new event-by-event fluctuating spatially dependent nuclear parton distribution functions, includes dynamical fluctuations in minijet production and saturation, and accounts for the energy-momentum and valence-quark number conservation.
title MC-EKRT: Monte Carlo event generator with saturated minijet production for initializing 3+1 D fluid dynamics in high energy nuclear collisions
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.26237