Measurement of flow harmonics with multi-particle cumulants in Pb+Pb collisions at √s[subscript NN] = 2.76 TeV with the ATLAS detector
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Taylor, Frank E.
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November 2014
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European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
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Springer-Verlag
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Aad, G., B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, S. Abdel Khalek, O. Abdinov, R. Aben, B. Abi, et al. “Measurement of Flow Harmonics with Multi-Particle Cumulants in Pb+Pb Collisions at √s[subscript NN] = 2.76 TeV with the ATLAS Detector.” Eur. Phys. J. C 74, no. 11 (November 2014).
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ATLAS measurements of the azimuthal anisotropy in lead–lead collisions at √s[subscript NN] = 2.76 TeV are shown using a dataset of approximately 7 μ b [superscript −1] collected at the LHC in 2010. The measurements are performed for charged particles with transverse momenta \(0.5 GeV and in the pseudorapidity range |η|<2.5 . The anisotropy is characterized by the Fourier coefficients, v [subscript n] , of the charged-particle azimuthal angle distribution for n=2 –4. The Fourier coefficients are evaluated using multi-particle cumulants calculated with the generating function method. Results on the transverse momentum, pseudorapidity and centrality dependence of the v [subscript n] coefficients are presented. The elliptic flow, v [subscript 2], is obtained from the two-, four-, six- and eight-particle cumulants while higher-order coefficients, v [subscript 3] and v [subscript 4], are determined with two- and four-particle cumulants. Flow harmonics vn measured with four-particle cumulants are significantly reduced compared to the measurement involving two-particle cumulants. A comparison to v [subscript n] measurements obtained using different analysis methods and previously reported by the LHC experiments is also shown. Results of measurements of flow fluctuations evaluated with multi-particle cumulants are shown as a function of transverse momentum and the collision centrality. Models of the initial spatial geometry and its fluctuations fail to describe the flow fluctuations measurements.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-014-3157-z
