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Fluctuations and initial state granularity in heavy ion collisions and their effects on observables from hydrodynamics

R. P. G. Andrade, A. L. V. R. dos Reis, F. Grassi, Y. Hama, Wei‐Liang Qian, T. Kodama, Jean-Yves Ollitrault

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A comparison is made between results obtained using smooth initial conditions and event-by-event initial conditions in the hydrodynamical description of relativistic nuclear collisions. Some new results on directed flow are also included.

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Key concepts: Granularity, Observable, Heavy ion, Physics, State (computer science), Ion, Statistical physics, Quantum mechanics