Measurement of the distributions of event-by-event flow harmonics in lead-lead collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

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

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Measurement of the distributions of event-by-event flow harmonics in lead-lead collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

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

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The distributions of event-by-event harmonic flow coefficients υ_n for n = 2-4 are measured in √s_NN = 2.76TeV Pb+Pb collisions using the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The measurements are performed using charged particles with transverse momentum pT > 0.5GeV and in the pseudorapidity range |η| < 2.5 in a dataset of approximately 7 μb-1 recorded in 2010. The shapes of the υ_n distributions suggest that the associated flow vectors are described by a two-dimensional Gaussian function in central collisions for υ₂ and over most of the measured centrality range for υ₃ and υ₄. Significant deviations from this function are observed for υ₂ in mid-central and peripheral collisions, and a small deviation is observed for υ₃ in mid-central collisions. In order to be sensitive to these deviations, it is shown that the commonly used multi-particle cumulants, involving four particles or more, need to be measured with a precision better than a few percent. The υ_n distributions are also measured independently for charged particles with 0.5 < p_T < 1 GeV and p_T > 1 GeV. When these distributions are rescaled to the same mean values, the adjusted shapes are found to be nearly the same for these two p_T ranges. The υ_n distributions are compared with the eccentricity distributions from two models for the initial collision geometry: a Glauber model and a model that includes corrections to the initial geometry due to gluon saturation effects. Both models fail to describe the experimental data consistently over most of the measured centrality range. Copyright CERN.

Original language	English
Article number	183
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Volume	2013
Issue number	11
ISSN	1126-6708
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2013)183
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2013

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Aad, G., Abajyan, T., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Khalek, S. A., Dam, M., Hansen, J. B., Hansen, P. H., Hansen, J. D., Hansen, J. R., Heisterkamp, S. J. F., Jørgensen, M. D., Mehlhase, S., Boelaert, N. M. P., Klinkby, E. B., Løvschall-Jensen, A. E., Nilsson, B. S., Petersen, T. C., & Xella, S. (2013). Measurement of the distributions of event-by-event flow harmonics in lead-lead collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), 2013(11), [183]. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2013)183

Aad, G, Abajyan, T, Abbott, B, Abdallah, J, Khalek, SA, Dam, M , Hansen, JB , Hansen, PH , Hansen, JD , Hansen, JR, Heisterkamp, SJF, Jørgensen, MD, Mehlhase, S, Boelaert, NMP, Klinkby, EB, Løvschall-Jensen, AE, Nilsson, BS, Petersen, TC & Xella, S 2013, 'Measurement of the distributions of event-by-event flow harmonics in lead-lead collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC', Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), vol. 2013, no. 11, 183. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2013)183

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Measurement of the distributions of event-by-event flow harmonics in lead-lead collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

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