TY - JOUR
T1 - Centrality dependence of the pseudorapidity density distribution for charged particles in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV
AU - Adam, J.
AU - Adamova, D.
AU - Aggarwal, MM.
AU - Rinella, G.A.
AU - Agnello, Maria
AU - Agrawal, N.
AU - Ahammed, Z.
AU - Ahmad, Shamim
AU - U. Ahn, S.
AU - Aiola, S.
AU - Akindinov, A.
AU - Alam, SN
AU - Albuquerque, DSD
AU - Aleksandrov, D.
AU - Alessandro, B.
AU - Alexandre, D.
AU - Molina, Rafael A.
AU - Bearden, Ian
AU - Christensen, Christian Holm
AU - Gulbrandsen, Kristjan Herlache
AU - Gaardhøje, Jens Jørgen
AU - Nielsen, Børge Svane
AU - Bilandzic, Ante
AU - Chojnacki, Marek
AU - Zaccolo, Valentina
AU - Zhou, You
AU - Bourjau, Christian Alexander
AU - Pimentel, Lais Ozelin de Lima
AU - Gajdosova, Katarina
AU - Pacik, Vojtech
PY - 2017/9/10
Y1 - 2017/9/10
N2 - We present the charged-particle pseudorapidity density in Pb–Pb collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV in centrality classes measured by ALICE. The measurement covers a wide pseudorapidity range from −3.5 to 5, which is sufficient for reliable estimates of the total number of charged particles produced in the collisions. For the most central (0–5%) collisions we find 21400±1300, while for the most peripheral (80–90%) we find 230±38. This corresponds to an increase of (27±4)% over the results at sNN=2.76 TeV previously reported by ALICE. The energy dependence of the total number of charged particles produced in heavy-ion collisions is found to obey a modified power-law like behaviour. The charged-particle pseudorapidity density of the most central collisions is compared to model calculations — none of which fully describes the measured distribution. We also present an estimate of the rapidity density of charged particles. The width of that distribution is found to exhibit a remarkable proportionality to the beam rapidity, independent of the collision energy from the top SPS to LHC energies.
AB - We present the charged-particle pseudorapidity density in Pb–Pb collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV in centrality classes measured by ALICE. The measurement covers a wide pseudorapidity range from −3.5 to 5, which is sufficient for reliable estimates of the total number of charged particles produced in the collisions. For the most central (0–5%) collisions we find 21400±1300, while for the most peripheral (80–90%) we find 230±38. This corresponds to an increase of (27±4)% over the results at sNN=2.76 TeV previously reported by ALICE. The energy dependence of the total number of charged particles produced in heavy-ion collisions is found to obey a modified power-law like behaviour. The charged-particle pseudorapidity density of the most central collisions is compared to model calculations — none of which fully describes the measured distribution. We also present an estimate of the rapidity density of charged particles. The width of that distribution is found to exhibit a remarkable proportionality to the beam rapidity, independent of the collision energy from the top SPS to LHC energies.
U2 - 10.1016/j.physletb.2017.07.017
DO - 10.1016/j.physletb.2017.07.017
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0370-2693
VL - 772
SP - 567
EP - 577
JO - Physics Letters B: Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology
JF - Physics Letters B: Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology
ER -