Centrality dependence of the pseudorapidity density distribution for charged particles in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV

J. Adam; D. Adamova; MM. Aggarwal; G.A. Rinella; Maria Agnello; N. Agrawal; Z. Ahammed; Shamim Ahmad; S. U. Ahn; S. Aiola; A. Akindinov; SN Alam; DSD Albuquerque; D. Aleksandrov; B. Alessandro; D. Alexandre; Rafael A. Molina; Ian Bearden; Christian Holm Christensen; Kristjan Herlache Gulbrandsen; Jens Jørgen Gaardhøje; Børge Svane Nielsen; Ante Bilandzic; Marek Chojnacki; Valentina Zaccolo; You Zhou; Christian Alexander Bourjau; Lais Ozelin de Lima Pimentel; Katarina Gajdosova; Vojtech Pacik

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2017.07.017

Centrality dependence of the pseudorapidity density distribution for charged particles in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV

J. Adam, D. Adamova, MM. Aggarwal, G.A. Rinella, Maria Agnello, N. Agrawal, Z. Ahammed, Shamim Ahmad, S. U. Ahn, S. Aiola, A. Akindinov, SN Alam, DSD Albuquerque, D. Aleksandrov, B. Alessandro, D. Alexandre, Rafael A. Molina, Ian Bearden, Christian Holm Christensen, Kristjan Herlache GulbrandsenJens Jørgen Gaardhøje, Børge Svane Nielsen, Ante Bilandzic, Marek Chojnacki, Valentina Zaccolo, You Zhou, Christian Alexander Bourjau, Lais Ozelin de Lima Pimentel, Katarina Gajdosova, Vojtech Pacik

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We present the charged-particle pseudorapidity density in Pb–Pb collisions at s_NN=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 s_NN=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.

Original language	English
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	772
Pages (from-to)	567-577
ISSN	0370-2693
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2017.07.017
Publication status	Published - 10 Sept 2017

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Adam, J., Adamova, D., Aggarwal, MM., Rinella, G. A., Agnello, M., Agrawal, N., Ahammed, Z., Ahmad, S., U. Ahn, S., Aiola, S., Akindinov, A., Alam, SN., Albuquerque, DSD., Aleksandrov, D., Alessandro, B., Alexandre, D., Molina, R. A., Bearden, I., Christensen, C. H., ... Pacik, V. (2017). Centrality dependence of the pseudorapidity density distribution for charged particles in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV. Physics Letters B, 772, 567-577. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2017.07.017

Adam, J, Adamova, D, Aggarwal, MM, Rinella, GA, Agnello, M, Agrawal, N, Ahammed, Z, Ahmad, S, U. Ahn, S, Aiola, S, Akindinov, A, Alam, SN, Albuquerque, DSD, Aleksandrov, D, Alessandro, B, Alexandre, D, Molina, RA, Bearden, I , Christensen, CH , Gulbrandsen, KH , Gaardhøje, JJ , Nielsen, BS, Bilandzic, A, Chojnacki, M, Zaccolo, V, Zhou, Y, Bourjau, CA, Pimentel, LODL, Gajdosova, K & Pacik, V 2017, 'Centrality dependence of the pseudorapidity density distribution for charged particles in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV', Physics Letters B, vol. 772, pp. 567-577. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2017.07.017

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Centrality dependence of the pseudorapidity density distribution for charged particles in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV

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