Charged-particle multiplicity density at midrapidity in central Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV

K. Aamodt...[et al.], B. Abelev, A. Quintana, Hans Bøggild, Hans Hjersing Dalsgaard, Børge Svane Nielsen, Ian Bearden, Christian Holm Christensen, Jens Jørgen Gaardhøje, Gaël Renault, Carsten Søgaard

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Abstract

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.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftPhysical Review Letters
Vol/bind105
Udgave nummer25
Sider (fra-til)252301
Antal sider11
ISSN0031-9007
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 13 dec. 2010

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