Hydrodynamic predictions for 5.02 TeV Pb-Pb collisions

Nov 19, 2015
6 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.C 93 (2016) 3, 034912
  • Published: Mar 22, 2016
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Report number:
  • INT-PUB-15-067

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Abstract: (APS)
We make predictions for momentum-integrated elliptic and triangular flow as well as mean transverse momentum for 5.02 TeV Pb-Pb collisions, as planned at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. We use hydrodynamic calculations to predict the change of these observables as the center-of-mass collision energy evolves from 2.76 TeV to 5.02 TeV per nucleon pair. By using previously measured values as a baseline, we are able to make a robust prediction without relying on a particular model for initial conditions and without precise knowledge of medium properties such as viscosity. Thus, though the predicted changes are small, they can provide a significant test of the current hydrodynamic picture of heavy-ion collisions.
Note:
  • 6 pages, 3 figures
  • 25.75.Ld
  • 24.10.Nz
  • nucleon: pair
  • heavy ion: scattering
  • hydrodynamics
  • transverse momentum
  • boundary condition
  • CERN LHC Coll
  • viscosity
  • numerical calculations