Measurement of the azimuthal anisotropy for charged particle production in vsNN=2.76 TeV lead-lead collisions with the ATLAS detector

G. Aad; Nele Maria Philomena Boelaert; Mogens Dam; Jørgen Beck Hansen; Peter Henrik Hansen; John Renner Hansen; Jørn Dines Hansen; Simon Johann Franz Heisterkamp; Morten Dam Jørgensen; Esben Bryndt Klinkby; Sascha Mehlhase; Björn Stefan Nilsson; Troels Christian Petersen; Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen; Stefania Xella

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.86.014907

Measurement of the azimuthal anisotropy for charged particle production in vsNN=2.76 TeV lead-lead collisions with the ATLAS detector

G. Aad, Nele Maria Philomena Boelaert, Mogens Dam, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Peter Henrik Hansen, John Renner Hansen, Jørn Dines Hansen, Simon Johann Franz Heisterkamp, Morten Dam Jørgensen, Esben Bryndt Klinkby, Sascha Mehlhase, Björn Stefan Nilsson, Troels Christian Petersen, Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen, Stefania Xella

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Differential measurements of charged particle azimuthal anisotropy are presented for lead-lead collisions at √s_NN = 2.76 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC, based on an integrated luminosity of approximately 8 μb^{− 1}. This anisotropy is characterized via a Fourier expansion of the distribution of charged particles in azimuthal angle relative to the reaction plane, with the coefficients v_n denoting the magnitude of the anisotropy. Significant v₂–v₆ values are obtained as a function of transverse momentum (0.5 < p_T < 20 GeV), pseudorapidity (|η| < 2.5), and centrality using an event plane method. The v_n values for n ≥ 3 are found to vary weakly with both η and centrality, and their p_T dependencies are found to follow an approximate scaling relation, v^1/n _n (p_T) ∝ v^1/2 ₂ (p_T), except in the top 5% most central collisions. A Fourier analysis of the charged particle pair distribution in relative azimuthal angle (Δϕ = ϕ_a − ϕ_b) is performed to extract the coefficients v_{n, n} = (cos nΔϕ). For pairs of charged particles with a large pseudorapidity gap (|Δη = η_a − η_b| > 2) and one particle with p_T < 3 GeV, the v_2,2–v_6,6 values are found to factorize as v_{n, n}(p^a _T, p^b _T) ≈ v_n(p^a _T)v_n(p^b _T) in central and midcentral events. Such factorization suggests that these values of v_2,2–v_6,6 are primarily attributable to the response of the created matter to the fluctuations in the geometry of the initial state. A detailed study shows that the v_1,1(p^a _T, p^b _T) data are consistent with the combined contributions from a rapidity-even v₁ and global momentum conservation.A two-component fit is used to extract the v₁ contribution. The extracted v₁ isobserved to cross zero at p_T ≈ 1.0 GeV, reaches a maximum at 4–5 GeV with a value comparable to that for v₃, and decreases at higher p_T.

Original language	English
Journal	Physical Review C (Nuclear Physics)
Volume	86
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	014907
Number of pages	41
ISSN	0556-2813
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.86.014907
Publication status	Published - 24 Jun 2012

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Aad, G., Boelaert, N. M. P., Dam, M., Hansen, J. B., Hansen, P. H., Hansen, J. R., Hansen, J. D., Heisterkamp, S. J. F., Jørgensen, M. D., Klinkby, E. B., Mehlhase, S., Nilsson, B. S., Petersen, T. C., Løvschall-Jensen, A. E., & Xella, S. (2012). Measurement of the azimuthal anisotropy for charged particle production in vsNN=2.76 TeV lead-lead collisions with the ATLAS detector. Physical Review C (Nuclear Physics), 86(1), 014907. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.86.014907

Aad, G, Boelaert, NMP, Dam, M , Hansen, JB , Hansen, PH , Hansen, JR , Hansen, JD, Heisterkamp, SJF, Jørgensen, MD, Klinkby, EB, Mehlhase, S, Nilsson, BS, Petersen, TC, Løvschall-Jensen, AE & Xella, S 2012, 'Measurement of the azimuthal anisotropy for charged particle production in vsNN=2.76 TeV lead-lead collisions with the ATLAS detector', Physical Review C (Nuclear Physics), vol. 86, no. 1, pp. 014907. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.86.014907

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Measurement of the azimuthal anisotropy for charged particle production in vsNN=2.76 TeV lead-lead collisions with the ATLAS detector

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