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  "abstract": "Measurements of anisotropic flow provide some of the strongest constraints on the collective expansion and transport properties of the quark-gluon plasma produced in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions. In this paper, correlations and fluctuations of the anisotropic flow coefficients $v_{2}$, $v_{3}$, and $v_{4}$ are measured in Pb-Pb and Xe-Xe collisions at $\\sqrt{s_{\\rm{NN}}} = 5.02$ and $5.44$ TeV, respectively, with the ALICE detector. The Event Shape Engineering technique, based on the reduced flow vector $q_{n}$, is used to study flow correlations for different initial-state geometries. A strong anticorrelation between $v_2$ and $v_3$ and a positive correlation between $v_2$ and $v_4$ are observed. A small anticorrelation is seen between $v_3$ and $v_4$. From the $v_2$-$v_4$ correlation, the linear and nonlinear components of $v_4$ are extracted and compared to those extracted using multiparticle correlations. The linear and nonlinear components of $v_{4}$ are also measured directly as a function of $q_2$ for the first time in Pb-Pb and Xe-Xe, revealing a strong coupling of the nonlinear term to the initial-state ellipticity $\\varepsilon_2$, while the linear component shows little dependence on initial-state geometry. Additionally, the coupling coefficient $χ_{4,22}$, which measures the nonlinear contribution of $v_2^2$ to $v_4$, is extracted and shows little dependence on $q_2$, except in very central collisions. The effects of flow fluctuations for constrained initial-state geometries are studied for the first time using Event Shape Engineering with the ratio of $v_2\\{2\\}$ and $v_2\\{4\\}$; the results show that collisions with the lowest $q_2$ exhibit more significant $v_2$ fluctuations compared to the unbiased ratio.",
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  "arxiv": "2611.08473",
  "author_total": 1,
  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "ALICE Collaboration"
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  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/4rcsxkf53vzx6.bib",
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  "doi": "10.48550/arxiv.2611.08473",
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  "landing_url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.08473",
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  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.08473",
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  "published": "2026-11-05",
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  "subjects": [
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  "title": "Correlations and fluctuations of flow with event shape engineering in Pb-Pb and Xe-Xe collisions at the LHC",
  "title_text": "Correlations and fluctuations of flow with event shape engineering in Pb-Pb and Xe-Xe collisions at the LHC",
  "type": "preprint",
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  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/4rcsxkf53vzx6",
  "venue": "arXiv",
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