The pseudorapidity density of charged particles, dN(ch)=d eta, at midrapidity in Pb-Pb collisions has been measured at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of root(NN)-N-s p = 5.02 TeV. For the 5% most central collisions, we measure a value of 1943 +/- 54. The rise in dNch= d. as a function of root(NN)-N-s p is steeper than that observed in proton-proton collisions and follows the trend established by measurements at lower energy. The increase of dNch= d. as a function of the average number of participant nucleons, hNparti, calculated in a Glauber model, is compared with the previous measurement at root(NN)-N-s p = 2.76 TeV. A constant factor of about 1.2 describes the increase in dNch= d. from root(NN)-N-s p = 2.76 to 5.02 TeV for all centrality classes, within the measured range of 0%-80% centrality. The results are also compared to models based on different mechanisms for particle production in nuclear collisions.

Centrality dependence of the charged-particle multiplicity density at midrapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at root(NN)-N-S=5.02 TeV / Adam, J., Adamova, D., Aggarwal, M.M., Rinella, G.A., Agnello, M., Agrawal, N., Ahammed, Z., Ahmad, S., Ahn, S.U., Aiola, S., Akindinov, A., Alam, S.N., Aleksandrov, D., Alessandro, B., Alexandre, D., Alfaro Molina, R., Alici, A., Alkin, A., Almaraz, J.R.M., Alme, J., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 116:22(2016). [10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.222302]

Centrality dependence of the charged-particle multiplicity density at midrapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at root(NN)-N-S=5.02 TeV

Cunqueiro, L.;Meddi, F.;
2016

Abstract

The pseudorapidity density of charged particles, dN(ch)=d eta, at midrapidity in Pb-Pb collisions has been measured at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of root(NN)-N-s p = 5.02 TeV. For the 5% most central collisions, we measure a value of 1943 +/- 54. The rise in dNch= d. as a function of root(NN)-N-s p is steeper than that observed in proton-proton collisions and follows the trend established by measurements at lower energy. The increase of dNch= d. as a function of the average number of participant nucleons, hNparti, calculated in a Glauber model, is compared with the previous measurement at root(NN)-N-s p = 2.76 TeV. A constant factor of about 1.2 describes the increase in dNch= d. from root(NN)-N-s p = 2.76 to 5.02 TeV for all centrality classes, within the measured range of 0%-80% centrality. The results are also compared to models based on different mechanisms for particle production in nuclear collisions.
2016
Proton-proton collisions; root-S(NN)=2.76 TEV; pseudorapidity; distribution; transverse-momentum; AA collisions; AU collisons; energy; LHC; distributions; hadron
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Centrality dependence of the charged-particle multiplicity density at midrapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at root(NN)-N-S=5.02 TeV / Adam, J., Adamova, D., Aggarwal, M.M., Rinella, G.A., Agnello, M., Agrawal, N., Ahammed, Z., Ahmad, S., Ahn, S.U., Aiola, S., Akindinov, A., Alam, S.N., Aleksandrov, D., Alessandro, B., Alexandre, D., Alfaro Molina, R., Alici, A., Alkin, A., Almaraz, J.R.M., Alme, J., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 116:22(2016). [10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.222302]
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