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Anisotropic flows from initial state of a fast nucleus

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We analyze azimuthal anisotropy in heavy-ion collisions related to the reaction plane in terms of the standard reggeon approach and find that it is non-zero even when the final-state interaction is switched off. This effect can be interpreted in terms of the partonic structure of the colliding nuclei. We use a Feynman diagram analysis to describe the details of this mechanism. The main qualitative features of the appropriate azimuthal correlations are discussed.

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  1. Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, 117218, Russia

    K. G. Boreskov, A. B. Kaidalov & O. V. Kancheli

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  1. K. G. Boreskov
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Boreskov, K.G., Kaidalov, A.B. & Kancheli, O.V. Anisotropic flows from initial state of a fast nucleus. Eur. Phys. J. C 58, 445–453 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-008-0781-5

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