Skewness of mean transverse momentum fluctuations in heavy-ion collisions
Skewness of mean transverse momentum fluctuations in heavy-ion collisions
We propose the skewness of mean transverse momentum $\ensuremath{\langle}{p}_{t}\ensuremath{\rangle}$ fluctuations as a fine probe of hydrodynamic behavior in relativistic nuclear collisions. We describe how the skewness of the $\ensuremath{\langle}{p}_{t}\ensuremath{\rangle}$ distribution can be analyzed experimentally, and we use hydrodynamic simulations to predict its value. We predict, in particular, that $\ensuremath{\langle}{p}_{t}\ensuremath{\rangle}$ fluctuations …