In this proceeding we report results of a comprehensive global analysis of ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collision data using the updated CUJET3.1 framework.
By comparing CUJET results with (CUJET3.1) versus without (CUJET2.0) chromo-magnetic monopole (cmm) degrees of freedom,
we find that the cmm scenario is more favored by experimental data.
Finally, we use the event-by-event generalization of the CUJET framework, CIBJET, and show that fluctuations in the initial conditions do not significantly alter our conclusions for $R_{AA}$ and $v_2$.