Charge-dependent flow and the search for the chiral magnetic wave in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV

J. Adam; D. Adamova; M.M. Aggarwal; G.A. Rinella; A. Agnello; N. Agrawal; Z. Ahammed; S. U. Ahn; S. Aiola; A. Akindinov; B. Alessandro; H. Alexandre; R. Alfaro Molina; Ian Bearden; Hans Bøggild; Christian Holm Christensen; Kristjan Herlache Gulbrandsen; Jens Jørgen Gaardhøje; Hans Hjersing Dalsgaard; Børge Svane Nielsen; Alexander Colliander Hansen; Ante Bilandzic; Marek Chojnacki; Valentina Zaccolo; You Zhou; Christian Alexander Bourjau

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.93.044903

Charge-dependent flow and the search for the chiral magnetic wave in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV

J. Adam, D. Adamova, M.M. Aggarwal, G.A. Rinella, A. Agnello, N. Agrawal, Z. Ahammed, S. U. Ahn, S. Aiola, A. Akindinov, B. Alessandro, H. Alexandre, R. Alfaro Molina, Ian Bearden, Hans Bøggild, Christian Holm Christensen, Kristjan Herlache Gulbrandsen, Jens Jørgen Gaardhøje, Hans Hjersing Dalsgaard, Børge Svane NielsenAlexander Colliander Hansen, Ante Bilandzic, Marek Chojnacki, Valentina Zaccolo, You Zhou, Christian Alexander Bourjau

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We report on measurements of a charge-dependent flow using a novel three-particle correlator with ALICE in Pb-Pb collisions at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC), and discuss the implications for observation of local parity violation and the chiral magnetic wave (CMW) in heavy-ion collisions. Charge-dependent flow is reported for different collision centralities as a function of the event charge asymmetry. While our results are in qualitative agreement with expectations based on the CMW, the nonzero signal observed in higher harmonics correlations indicates a possible significant background contribution. We also present results on a differential correlator, where the flow of positive and negative charges is reported as a function of the mean charge of the particles and their pseudorapidity separation. We argue that this differential correlator is better suited to distinguish the differences in positive and negative charges expected due to the CMW and the background effects, such as local charge conservation coupled with strong radial and anisotropic flow.

Original language	English
Article number	044903
Journal	Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume	93
Issue number	4
ISSN	2469-9985
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.044903
Publication status	Published - 8 Apr 2016

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Adam, J., Adamova, D., Aggarwal, M. M., Rinella, G. A., Agnello, A., Agrawal, N., Ahammed, Z., U. Ahn, S., Aiola, S., Akindinov, A., Alessandro, B., Alexandre, H., Alfaro Molina, R., Bearden, I., Bøggild, H., Christensen, C. H., Gulbrandsen, K. H., Gaardhøje, J. J., Dalsgaard, H. H., ... Bourjau, C. A. (2016). Charge-dependent flow and the search for the chiral magnetic wave in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 93(4), [044903]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.044903

Adam, J, Adamova, D, Aggarwal, MM, Rinella, GA, Agnello, A, Agrawal, N, Ahammed, Z, U. Ahn, S, Aiola, S, Akindinov, A, Alessandro, B, Alexandre, H, Alfaro Molina, R, Bearden, I , Bøggild, H , Christensen, CH , Gulbrandsen, KH , Gaardhøje, JJ, Dalsgaard, HH, Nielsen, BS, Hansen, AC, Bilandzic, A, Chojnacki, M, Zaccolo, V, Zhou, Y & Bourjau, CA 2016, 'Charge-dependent flow and the search for the chiral magnetic wave in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV', Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, vol. 93, no. 4, 044903. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.044903

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