Calculating the average event trajectory of central A+A collisions in the QCD phase diagram
with a semi-analytical method that includes finite nuclear thickness.

References:
Todd Mendenhall and Zi-Wei Lin, Calculating the initial energy density in heavy ion collisions by including the finite nuclear thickness, Physical Review C 103, 024907 (2021).
Todd Mendenhall and Zi-Wei Lin, Semi-analytical calculation of the trajectory of relativistic nuclear collisions in the QCD phase diagram, Physical Review C 107, 034909 (2023).

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