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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Adam , J , Brucken , E J , Chang , B , Kim , D J , Litichevskyi , V , Mieskolainen , M M , Orava , R , Rak , J , Räsänen , S S , Snellman , T W , Trzaska , W H , Viinikainen , J & The ALICE Collaboration 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
| Title: | Centrality dependence of the pseudorapidity density distribution for charged particles in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV |
| Author: | Adam, J.; Brucken, E. J.; Chang, B.; Kim, D. J.; Litichevskyi, V.; Mieskolainen, M. M.; Orava, R.; Rak, J.; Räsänen, S. S.; Snellman, T. W.; Trzaska, W. H.; Viinikainen, J.; The ALICE collaboration |
| Contributor: | University of Helsinki, Helsinki Institute of Physics University of Helsinki, University of Jyväskylä University of Helsinki, University of Jyväskylä University of Helsinki, Helsinki Institute of Physics University of Helsinki, Helsinki Institute of Physics University of Helsinki, Helsinki Institute of Physics University of Helsinki, University of Jyväskylä University of Helsinki, Helsinki Institute of Physics University of Helsinki, University of Jyväskylä University of Helsinki, University of Jyväskylä University of Helsinki, University of Jyväskylä |
| Date: | 2017-09-10 |
| Number of pages: | 11 |
| Belongs to series: | Physics Letters B |
| ISSN: | 0370-2693 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/231301 |
| Abstract: | We present the charged-particle pseudorapidity density in Pb-Pb collisions at root 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 21 400 +/- 1 300, while for the most peripheral (80-90%) we find 230 +/- 38. This corresponds to an increase of (27 +/- 4)% over the results at root 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. (C) 2017 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. |
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