Probing triaxial deformation of atomic nuclei in high-energy heavy ion collisions
J. Jia
Abstract
The structure of atomic nuclei is shown to influence a collection of observables measured in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. Details of the nuclear shape---here its triaxial nature---and of its fluctuations are reflected in the angular correlations between the detected particles, establishing a connection between high-energy nuclear collisions and low-energy nuclear structure.
Topics & Concepts
Heavy ionPhysicsObservableAtomic physicsDeformation (meteorology)IonNuclear structureNuclear physicsConnection (principal bundle)Nuclear reactionHigh energyAtomic numberGeometryQuantum mechanicsMathematicsMeteorologyHigh-Energy Particle Collisions ResearchQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle InteractionsParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies