Centrality dependence of dihadron correlations and azimuthal anisotropy harmonics in Pb collisions at √sNN = 2.76 TeV
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Alver, Burak Han
Bauer, Gerry P
Bendavid, Joshua L.
Busza, Wit
Butz, Erik M.
Cali, Ivan Amos
Dutta, Valentina
Gomez-Ceballos, Guillelmo
Goncharov, Maxim
Hahn, Kristian Allan
Date Issued
May 2012
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The European Physical Journal C
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Springer-Verlag
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The CMS Collaboration et al. “Centrality Dependence of Dihadron Correlations and Azimuthal Anisotropy Harmonics in PbPb Collisions at √sNN = 2.76 TeV.” The European Physical Journal C 72.5 (2012): n. pag. © 2012 CERN for the benefit of the CMS collaboration
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Abstract
Measurements from the CMS experiment at the LHC of dihadron correlations for charged particles produced in PbPb collisions at a nucleon–nucleon centre-of-mass energy of 2.76 TeV are presented. The results are reported as a function of the particle transverse momenta (pT) and collision centrality over a broad range in relative pseudorapidity (Δη) and the full range of relative azimuthal angle (Δϕ). The observed two-dimensional correlation structure in Δη and Δϕ is characterised by a narrow peak at (Δη,Δϕ)≈(0,0) from jet-like correlations and a long-range structure that persists up to at least |Δη|=4. An enhancement of the magnitude of the short-range jet peak is observed with increasing centrality, especially for particles of pT around 1–2 GeV/c. The long-range azimuthal dihadron correlations are extensively studied using a Fourier decomposition analysis. The extracted Fourier coefficients are found to factorise into a product of single-particle azimuthal anisotropies up to pT≈3–3.5 GeV/c for at least one particle from each pair, except for the second-order harmonics in the most central PbPb events. Various orders of the single-particle azimuthal anisotropy harmonics are extracted for associated particle pT of 1–3 GeV/c, as a function of the trigger particle pT up to 20 GeV/c and over the full centrality range.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science
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https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-2012-3
