TY - JOUR
T1 - Centrality Dependence of the Charged-Particle Multiplicity Density at Midrapidity in Pb-Pb Collisions at root(NN)-N-S=5.02 TeV
AU - Adam, J.
AU - Adamova, D.
AU - Aggarwal, M.M.
AU - Rinella, G.A.
AU - Agnello, Maria
AU - Agrawal, N.
AU - Ahammed, Z.
AU - Ahmad, Shamim
AU - U. Ahn, S.
AU - Aiola, S.
AU - Bearden, Ian
AU - Bøggild, Hans
AU - Christensen, Christian Holm
AU - Gulbrandsen, Kristjan Herlache
AU - Gaardhøje, Jens Jørgen
AU - Nielsen, Børge Svane
AU - Bourjau, Christian Alexander
AU - Bilandzic, Ante
AU - Chojnacki, Marek
AU - Zaccolo, Valentina
PY - 2016/6/3
Y1 - 2016/6/3
N2 - The pseudorapidity density of charged particles, dNch/dη, at midrapidity in Pb-Pb collisions has been measured at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of sNN=5.02 TeV. For the 5% most central collisions, we measure a value of 1943±54. The rise in dNch/dη as a function of sNN is steeper than that observed in proton-proton collisions and follows the trend established by measurements at lower energy. The increase of dNch/dη as a function of the average number of participant nucleons, Npart, calculated in a Glauber model, is compared with the previous measurement at sNN=2.76 TeV. A constant factor of about 1.2 describes the increase in dNch/dη from sNN=2.76 to 5.02 TeV for all centrality classes, within the measured range of 0%-80% centrality. The results are also compared to models based on different mechanisms for particle production in nuclear collisions.
AB - The pseudorapidity density of charged particles, dNch/dη, at midrapidity in Pb-Pb collisions has been measured at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of sNN=5.02 TeV. For the 5% most central collisions, we measure a value of 1943±54. The rise in dNch/dη as a function of sNN is steeper than that observed in proton-proton collisions and follows the trend established by measurements at lower energy. The increase of dNch/dη as a function of the average number of participant nucleons, Npart, calculated in a Glauber model, is compared with the previous measurement at sNN=2.76 TeV. A constant factor of about 1.2 describes the increase in dNch/dη from sNN=2.76 to 5.02 TeV for all centrality classes, within the measured range of 0%-80% centrality. The results are also compared to models based on different mechanisms for particle production in nuclear collisions.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.222302
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.222302
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 27314715
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 16
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 22
M1 - 222302
ER -