Study of flow in asymmetric heavy-ion collisions

Azimuthal anisotropy is a key tool to study the strongly interacting medium produced in relativistic heavy ion collisions. This observable is sensitive to the equation of state of the system formed in the heavy-ion collisions. Recently, it has been proposed at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, to carry out a program of asymmetric heavy-ion collisions. Among other physics possibilities, it is believed to provide insight on the initial conditions through study of event-by-event fluctuation in the measure of the azimuthal anisotropy. Knowing the initial condition is vital for any theoretical calculations in relativistic heavy-ion collisions