"Unveiling the Mystery: Exploring the Shape Dynamics of Small Quark-Gluon Plasma Drops with a Fresh Perspective"

New measurements from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) shed light on the shape of quark-gluon plasma (QGP), a form of matter that existed just after the Big Bang. The analysis of data from RHIC's STAR detector suggests that the shape of QGP droplets created in collisions of small nuclei with large ones may be influenced by the internal arrangement of quarks and gluons inside the smaller nucleus. This finding contradicts previous results from RHIC's PHENIX detector, which suggested that the QGP shape was determined by the larger-scale positions of individual nucleons. The differences in results may be due to the different perspectives of the two detectors. Further analysis and experiments are planned to explore these findings and understand the role of subnucleon fluctuations and longitudinal variations in QGP shape.