Pseudorapidity dependence of the anisotropic flow of charged particles in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV

J. Adam; D. Adamova; M.M. Aggarwal; G.A. Rinella; Maria Agnello; N. Agrawal; Z. Ahammed; Shamim Ahmad; S. U. Ahn; S. Aiola; 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:10.1016/j.physletb.2016.07.017

Pseudorapidity dependence of the anisotropic flow of charged particles in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV

J. Adam, D. Adamova, M.M. Aggarwal, G.A. Rinella, Maria Agnello, N. Agrawal, Z. Ahammed, Shamim Ahmad, S. U. Ahn, S. Aiola, 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 ChojnackiValentina Zaccolo, You Zhou, Christian Alexander Bourjau

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We present measurements of the elliptic (v₂), triangular (v₃) and quadrangular (v₄) anisotropic azimuthal flow over a wide range of pseudorapidities (−3.5<η<5). The measurements are performed with Pb–Pb collisions at s_NN=2.76 TeV using the ALICE detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The flow harmonics are obtained using two- and four-particle correlations from nine different centrality intervals covering central to peripheral collisions. We find that the shape of v_n(η) is largely independent of centrality for the flow harmonics n=2–4, however the higher harmonics fall off more steeply with increasing |η|. We assess the validity of extended longitudinal scaling of v₂ by comparing to lower energy measurements, and find that the higher harmonic flow coefficients are proportional to the charged particle densities at larger pseudorapidities. Finally, we compare our measurements to both hydrodynamical and transport models, and find they both have challenges when it comes to describing our data.

Original language	English
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	762
Pages (from-to)	376-388
ISSN	0370-2693
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.07.017
Publication status	Published - 10 Nov 2016

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Adam, J., Adamova, D., Aggarwal, M. M., Rinella, G. A., Agnello, M., Agrawal, N., Ahammed, Z., Ahmad, S., U. Ahn, S., Aiola, S., Bearden, I., Bøggild, H., Christensen, C. H., Gulbrandsen, K. H., Gaardhøje, J. J., Dalsgaard, H. H., Nielsen, B. S., Hansen, A. C., Bilandzic, A., ... Bourjau, C. A. (2016). Pseudorapidity dependence of the anisotropic flow of charged particles in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV. Physics Letters B, 762, 376-388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.07.017

Adam, J, Adamova, D, Aggarwal, MM, Rinella, GA, Agnello, M, Agrawal, N, Ahammed, Z, Ahmad, S, U. Ahn, S, Aiola, S, 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, 'Pseudorapidity dependence of the anisotropic flow of charged particles in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV', Physics Letters B, vol. 762, pp. 376-388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.07.017

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Pseudorapidity dependence of the anisotropic flow of charged particles in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV

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