Opacity estimation of OO collision from CoMBolt-ITA hybrid

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Authors: Seyed Farid Taghavi, Seyed Mohammad Ali Tabatabaee Mehr
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Abstract

Understanding the effect of system size on the applicability of the hydrodynamic description in heavy-ion physics remains unclear. Recent measurements of OO collisions at the LHC offer a new opportunity to refine our understanding of collectivity because of their intermediate size relative to heavy-ion and small-system collisions, as well as the relatively good control over their initial state. We use the CoMBolt-ITA hybrid model to describe recent OO measurements at the LHC. The model employs for the initial state. A combination of the pre-equilibration and hydrodynamized medium stages is modeled consistently by CoMBolt-ITA , which evolves the Boltzmann distribution of massless collective excitations. The afterburner stage is included by employing UrQMD . Using this approach, we test whether the system lies in the regime where its spatial size approaches the mean free path, corresponding to low opacity, or in the opposite limit, where its size exceeds the mean free path sufficiently to enter the fluid-like evolution regime with high opacity. We find that, in light of the data-model comparison and considering the current status of the model, OO collisions with centralities larger than 60% gradually leave the domain of fluid-like evolution.

Fields of Study & Subjects

High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena Granular flow and fluidized beds

Publication details

Journal / source
Physics Letters B
Volume
878
Pages
140505–140505
Publication date
5 May 2026
Language
EN