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Alice Ohlson
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The presence of correlations between particles significantly separated in pseudorapidity in proton-proton and proton-nucleus collisions has raised questions about whether collective effects are observed in small collision systems as well as in heavy-ion collisions. The quantification of these long-range correlations by $v_n$ coefficients is of particular interest. A selection of the latest $v_n$ measurements is presented, including results from the recent $d$+Au beam energy scan at RHIC where a significant non-zero $v_2$ is measured down to low center-of-mass energies ($sqrt{s_{rm{NN}}}$ = 39 GeV). Results from a collision system scan - comprising $p$+Au, $d$+Au, and $^3$He+Au collisions - are also shown to address the role of the initial nuclear geometry in the final state anisotropy. Finally, the challenge of measuring multi-particle cumulants, particularly $c_2{4}$, in $p$+$p$ collisions is discussed, and new methods for reducing the effects of non-flow are shown to produce a more robust measurement of $v_2{4}$ in $p$+$p$ collisions.
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