Measurements of azimuthal anisotropies in ${}^{16}$O+${}^{16}$O and $\gamma$+Au collisions from STAR

Abstract

In this proceeding, we present the first measurements of azimuthal anisotropies, $v_2$ and $v_3$, in ${}^{16}$O+${}^{16}$O collisions at 200 GeV as a function of transverse momentum and multiplicity, by using two- and four-particle correlation methods. We compare our measurements with STAR measurements of $v_n$ in \dau and \heau collisions to provide insight into the impact of system symmetry on initial condition for small systems. We also investigate the ratio $v_2\{4\}/v_2\{2\}$ as a function of centrality, which is expected to be sensitive to nucleon-nucleon correlation in the ${}^{16}$O nucleus.

Comments: 4 Pages, 3 figures, Quark Matter 2023 Proceeding