Anisotropic flow in Xe-Xe collisions at √sNN=5.44 TeV

The first measurements of anisotropic flow coefficients vn for mid-rapidity charged particles in Xe-Xe collisions at sNN=5.44 TeV are presented. Comparing these measurements to those from Pb-Pb collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV, v2 is found to be suppressed for mid-central collisions at the same centrality...

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Hauptverfasser: Acharya, Shreyasi (VerfasserIn) , Angelov, Venelin (VerfasserIn) , Arslandok, Mesut (VerfasserIn) , Danisch, Meike (VerfasserIn) , Deisting, Alexander (VerfasserIn) , Feuillard, Victor (VerfasserIn) , Glässel, Peter (VerfasserIn) , Kim, Jiyoung (VerfasserIn) , Kim, Minjung (VerfasserIn) , Köhler, Markus Konrad (VerfasserIn) , Klewin, Sebastian (VerfasserIn) , Leardini, Lucia (VerfasserIn) , Mercado Pérez, Jorge (VerfasserIn) , Ohlson, Alice (VerfasserIn) , Pachmayer, Yvonne C. (VerfasserIn) , Reygers, Klaus (VerfasserIn) , Schicker, Rainer (VerfasserIn) , Schmidt, Marten Ole (VerfasserIn) , Stachel, Johanna (VerfasserIn) , Weiser, Dennis (VerfasserIn) , Windelband, Bernd (VerfasserIn)
Körperschaft: ALICE (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 30 June 2018
In: Physics letters
Year: 2018, Jahrgang: 784, Pages: 82-95
ISSN:1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2018.06.059
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.06.059
Verlag, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037026931830515X
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Verfasserangaben:ALICE Collaboration*
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Zusammenfassung:The first measurements of anisotropic flow coefficients vn for mid-rapidity charged particles in Xe-Xe collisions at sNN=5.44 TeV are presented. Comparing these measurements to those from Pb-Pb collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV, v2 is found to be suppressed for mid-central collisions at the same centrality, and enhanced for central collisions. The values of v3 are generally larger in Xe-Xe than in Pb-Pb at a given centrality. These observations are consistent with expectations from hydrodynamic predictions. When both v2 and v3 are divided by their corresponding eccentricities for a variety of initial state models, they generally scale with transverse density when comparing Xe-Xe and Pb-Pb, with some deviations observed in central Xe-Xe and Pb-Pb collisions. These results assist in placing strong constraints on both the initial state geometry and medium response for relativistic heavy-ion collisions.
Beschreibung:Im Titel steht der Ausdruck "sNN" unter dem Wurzelsymbol, "NN" ist dabei tiefgestellt
ALICE Collaboration: S. Acharya, V. Anguelov, M. Arslandok, M.C. Danisch, A. Deisting, V. Feuillard, P. Glässel, J. Kim, M. Kim, M.K. Köhler, S. Klewin, L. Leardini, J. Mercado Pérez, A. Ohlson, Y. Pachmayer, K. Reygers, R. Schicker, M.O. Schmidt, J. Stachel, D.F. Weiser, B. Windelband [und weitere]
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ISSN:1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2018.06.059