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arxiv: 1608.06022 · v1 · pith:AKBISALGnew · submitted 2016-08-22 · ⚛️ nucl-th · hep-ph· nucl-ex

The fluctuations of quadrangular flow

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The ATLAS Collaboration has measured for the first time the fourth cumulant of quadrangular flow, $v_4\{4\}^4$. Unlike the fourth cumulants of elliptic and triangular flows, it presents a change of sign above 30\% centrality. We show that this change of sign is predicted by event-by-event hydrodynamics. We argue that it results from the combined effects of a nonlinear hydrodynamic response, which couples quadrangular flow to elliptic flow, and elliptic flow fluctuations.

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