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Flow dominance and factorization of transverse momentum correlations in Pb-Pb collisions at the LHC

We present the first measurement of the two-particle transverse momentum differential correlation function, P2≡⟨ΔpTΔpT⟩/⟨pT⟩2, in Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV. Results for P2 are reported as a function of the relative pseudorapidity (Δη) and azimuthal angle (Δφ) between two particles for differ...

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Main Authors: Acharya, Shreyasi (Author) , Angelov, Venelin (Author) , Arslandok, Mesut (Author) , Danisch, Meike (Author) , Deisting, Alexander (Author) , Glässel, Peter (Author) , Kim, Jiyoung (Author) , Klewin, Sebastian (Author) , Leardini, Lucia (Author) , Mercado Pérez, Jorge (Author) , Oeschler, Helmut (Author) , Ohlson, Alice (Author) , Pachmayer, Yvonne C. (Author) , Reygers, Klaus (Author) , Schicker, Rainer (Author) , Schmidt, Marten Ole (Author) , Stachel, Johanna (Author) , Weiser, Dennis (Author) , Wilkinson, Jeremy (Author) , Windelband, Bernd (Author) , Zimmermann, Alice (Author)
Corporate Author: ALICE (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 21 April 2017
In: Physical review letters
Year: 2017, Volume: 118, Issue: 16
ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.162302
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.162302
Verlag, Volltext: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.162302
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Author Notes:J. Adam et al.* (ALICE Collaboration)
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Summary:We present the first measurement of the two-particle transverse momentum differential correlation function, P2≡⟨ΔpTΔpT⟩/⟨pT⟩2, in Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV. Results for P2 are reported as a function of the relative pseudorapidity (Δη) and azimuthal angle (Δφ) between two particles for different collision centralities. The Δϕ dependence is found to be largely independent of Δη for |Δη|≥0.9. In the 5% most central Pb-Pb collisions, the two-particle transverse momentum correlation function exhibits a clear double-hump structure around Δφ=π (i.e., on the away side), which is not observed in number correlations in the same centrality range, and thus provides an indication of the dominance of triangular flow in this collision centrality. Fourier decompositions of P2, studied as a function of the collision centrality, show that correlations at |Δη|≥0.9 can be well reproduced by a flow ansatz based on the notion that measured transverse momentum correlations are strictly determined by the collective motion of the system.
Item Description:ALICE Collaboration: S. Acharya, V. Anguelov, M. Arslandok, M.C. Danisch, A. Deisting, P. Glässel, J. Kim, S. Klewin, L. Leardini, J. Mercado Pérez, H. Oeschler, A. Ohlson, Y. Pachmayer, K. Reygers, R. Schicker, M.O. Schmidt, J. Stachel, D.F. Weiser, J. Wilkinson, B. Windelband, A. Zimmermann [und weitere]
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Physical Description:Online Resource
ISSN:1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.162302

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