Exploring the effects of α-clustered structure of 16O nuclei in anisotropic flow fluctuations in 16O-16O collisions at the LHC within a CGC+Hydro framework

Abstract

In this paper, we explore the effects of the presence of clustered nuclear structure of 16O in the final state elliptic flow fluctuations through 16O-16O collisions at (Formula presented) TeV within a hybrid model, IPGlasma+MUSIC+iSS+ UrQMD. We compare the results of elliptic flow fluctuations using α-clustered nuclear structure to the Woods-Saxon nuclear profile having no clustered structure. We observe a significant difference in the elliptic flow fluctuations, which arise due to the consideration of a clustered nuclear structure of 16O. © 2026 Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.