Participation of nucleons among different harmonics of anisotropic flow

We present the comprehensive interpretation of the momentum distribution of nucleons participating in different kinds of nuclear flow, within the framework of isospin-dependent quantum molecular dynamics (IQMD) model. Our study reveals that the number of nucleons decreases with increasing order of different harmonics 〈v₁〉, 〈v₂〉, 〈v₃〉, and 〈v₄〉. The magnitude of flow harmonics depends strongly on transverse momentum. (author)