Naslov
Azimuthal anisotropy of charged particles at high transverse momenta in PbPb collisions at sNN−−−−√=2.76 TeV

Autori
Chatrchyan, S. ; ... ; Godinović, Nikola ; Lelas, Damir ; Pleština, Roko ; Polić, Dunja ; Puljak, Ivica ; Antunović, Željko ; Dželalija, Mile ; Kovač, Marko ; Brigljević, Vuko ; Đurić, Senka ; Kadija, Krešo ; Luetić, Jelena ; Morović, Srećko ; ... ; Mekterović, Darko ; ... ; Swanson, J

Izvornik
Physical Review Letters (0031-9007) 109 (2012); 022301-1

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Ključne riječi
CMS; Physics; Heavy ion;

Sažetak
The azimuthal anisotropy of charged particles in Pb-Pb collisions at sNN−−−√=2.76  TeV is measured with the CMS detector at the LHC over an extended transverse momentum (pT) range up to approximately 60  GeV/c. The data cover both the low-pT region associated with hydrodynamic flow phenomena and the high-pT region where the anisotropies may reflect the path-length dependence of parton energy loss in the created medium. The anisotropy parameter (v2) of the particles is extracted by correlating charged tracks with respect to the event-plane reconstructed by using the energy deposited in forward-angle calorimeters. For the six bins of collision centrality studied, spanning the range of 0–60% most-central events, the observed v2 values are found to first increase with pT, reaching a maximum around pT=3  GeV/c, and then to gradually decrease to almost zero, with the decline persisting up to at least pT=40  GeV/c over the full centrality range measured.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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Fizika

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