Abstract
-clustered structures in light nuclei could be studied through “snapshots” taken by relativistic heavy-ion collisions. A multiphase transport model is employed to simulate the initial structure of collision nuclei and the proceeding collisions at center of mass energy TeV. This initial structure can finally be reflected in the subsequent observations, such as elliptic flow (), triangular flow (), and quadrangular flow (). Three sets of the collision systems are chosen to illustrate that the system scan is a good way to identify the exotic -clustered nuclear structure: case I, nucleus (with or without -cluster) ordinary nuclei (always in Woods-Saxon distribution) in most central collisions; case II, nucleus (with or without -cluster) nucleus collisions for centrality dependence; and case III, symmetric collision systems [namely, , , (with or without -cluster), , and in most central collisions. Our calculations propose that relativistic heavy-ion collision experiments at TeV are promised to distinguish the tetrahedral structure of from the Woods-Saxon one and shed light on the system scan projects in experiments.
- Received 29 May 2020
- Accepted 19 October 2020
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.102.054907
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