TY - JOUR
T1 - Centrality dependence of the pseudorapidity density distribution for charged particles in Pb–Pb collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV
AU - ALICE Collaboration
AU - Adam, J.
AU - Adamová, D.
AU - Aggarwal, M. M.
AU - Aglieri Rinella, G.
AU - Agnello, M.
AU - Agrawal, N.
AU - Ahammed, Z.
AU - Ahmad, S.
AU - Ahn, S. U.
AU - Aiola, S.
AU - Akindinov, A.
AU - Alam, S. N.
AU - Albuquerque, D. S.D.
AU - Aleksandrov, D.
AU - Alessandro, B.
AU - Alexandre, D.
AU - Alfaro Molina, R.
AU - Alici, A.
AU - Alkin, A.
AU - Alme, J.
AU - Alt, T.
AU - Altinpinar, S.
AU - Altsybeev, I.
AU - Alves Garcia Prado, C.
AU - An, M.
AU - Andrei, C.
AU - Andrews, H. A.
AU - Andronic, A.
AU - Anguelov, V.
AU - Anson, C.
AU - Antičić, T.
AU - Antinori, F.
AU - Antonioli, P.
AU - Anwar, R.
AU - Aphecetche, L.
AU - Appelshäuser, H.
AU - Arcelli, S.
AU - Arnaldi, R.
AU - Arnold, O. W.
AU - Arsene, I. C.
AU - Arslandok, M.
AU - Audurier, B.
AU - Augustinus, A.
AU - Averbeck, R.
AU - Azmi, M. D.
AU - Badalà, A.
AU - Baek, Y. W.
AU - Bagnasco, S.
AU - Bailhache, R.
AU - Nayak, R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Author(s)
PY - 2017/9/10
Y1 - 2017/9/10
N2 - We present the charged-particle pseudorapidity density in Pb–Pb collisions at sNN=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 21400±1300, while for the most peripheral (80–90%) we find 230±38. This corresponds to an increase of (27±4)% over the results at sNN=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.
AB - We present the charged-particle pseudorapidity density in Pb–Pb collisions at sNN=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 21400±1300, while for the most peripheral (80–90%) we find 230±38. This corresponds to an increase of (27±4)% over the results at sNN=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.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.physletb.2017.07.017
DO - 10.1016/j.physletb.2017.07.017
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AN - SCOPUS:85025159471
SN - 0370-2693
VL - 772
SP - 567
EP - 577
JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
ER -