Open AccessDroplets of quark gluon plasma: PHENIX results on small systems at RHIC
Author(s) -
R. Belmont
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1602/1/012001
Subject(s) - algorithm , physics , computer science
In these proceedings we discuss PHENIX results on small systems at RHIC, specifically those relating to collectivity and flow. We discuss the small systems geometry scan, which comprises collisions of p +Au, d +Au, and 3 He+Au at S N N = 200 GeV and is designed to exploit differences in intrinsic geometry. We also discuss the small systems beam energy scan, which comprises d +Au collisions at S N N = 200 GeV , 62.4 GeV, 39 GeV, and 19.6 GeV and is designed to explore differences in system size and lifetime while keeping the geometry fixed. We find the data in nearly all cases are well-described by hydrodynamical calculations involving a QGP phase, suggestion formation of QGP droplets in a wide variety of collisions.