Monte Carlo Glauber model with meson cloud: predictions for 5.44 TeV Xe+Xe collisions

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We study, within the Monte-Carlo Glauber model, centrality dependence of the midrapidity charged multiplicity density $dN_{ch}/d\eta$ and of the anisotropy coefficients $\varepsilon_{2,3}$ in Pb+Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s}=5.02$ TeV and in Xe+Xe collisions at $\sqrt{s}=5.44$ TeV.

• Calculations are performed for versions with and without nucleon meson cloud.
• The fraction of the binary collisions, $\alpha$, has been fitted to the data on $dN_{ch}/d\eta$ in Pb+Pb collisions.
• We obtain $\alpha\approx 0.09(0.13)$ with (without) meson cloud.