TY - JOUR
T1 - Charged-particle multiplicity density at midrapidity in central Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV
AU - Aamodt...[et al.], K.
AU - Abelev, B.
AU - Quintana, A.
AU - Bøggild, Hans
AU - Dalsgaard, Hans Hjersing
AU - Nielsen, Børge Svane
AU - Bearden, Ian
AU - Christensen, Christian Holm
AU - Gaardhøje, Jens Jørgen
AU - Renault, Gaël
AU - Søgaard, Carsten
PY - 2010/12/13
Y1 - 2010/12/13
N2 - The first measurement of the charged-particle multiplicity density at midrapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair √sNN=2.76TeV is presented. For an event sample corresponding to the most central 5% of the hadronic cross section, the pseudorapidity density of primary charged particles at midrapidity is 1584±4(stat) ±76(syst), which corresponds to 8.3±0.4(syst) per participating nucleon pair. This represents an increase of about a factor 1.9 relative to pp collisions at similar collision energies, and about a factor 2.2 to central Au-Au collisions at √sNN=0.2TeV. This measurement provides the first experimental constraint for models of nucleus-nucleus collisions at LHC energies.
AB - The first measurement of the charged-particle multiplicity density at midrapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair √sNN=2.76TeV is presented. For an event sample corresponding to the most central 5% of the hadronic cross section, the pseudorapidity density of primary charged particles at midrapidity is 1584±4(stat) ±76(syst), which corresponds to 8.3±0.4(syst) per participating nucleon pair. This represents an increase of about a factor 1.9 relative to pp collisions at similar collision energies, and about a factor 2.2 to central Au-Au collisions at √sNN=0.2TeV. This measurement provides the first experimental constraint for models of nucleus-nucleus collisions at LHC energies.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.252301
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.252301
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 105
SP - 252301
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 25
ER -