Probing flow fluctuations through factorization breaking of harmonic flows in heavy-ion collisions

Abstract

We study factorization-breaking coefficients between the momentum dependent and momentum averaged flow vectors to probe flow fluctuations caused by initial-state fluctuations in heavy-ion collision. The coefficients for the flow vector squared and flow magnitude squared could be used for the extraction of flow angle decorrelations. We compare our model results with preliminary experimental data. We also present the predictions for the momentum dependent correlation between mixed flow harmonics.

Comments: Presented by R. Samanta at Quark Matter 2022 : XXIXth International Conference on Ultra-relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions