Azimuthal anisotropy of charged particles with transverse momentum up to 100 GeV/ c in PbPb collisions at sNN\sqrt {s}_{{NN}}=5.02 TeV

Collaboration
Feb 2, 2017
22 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 776 (2018) 195-216
  • Published: Jan 10, 2018
e-Print:
Report number:
  • CMS-HIN-15-014,
  • CERN-EP-2017-001
Experiments:

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
The Fourier coefficients v2 and v3 characterizing the anisotropy of the azimuthal distribution of charged particles produced in PbPb collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV are measured with data collected by the CMS experiment. The measurements cover a broad transverse momentum range, 110 GeV/c range, where anisotropic azimuthal distributions should reflect the path-length dependence of parton energy loss in the created medium. Results are presented in several bins of PbPb collision centrality, spanning the 60% most central events. The v2 coefficient is measured with the scalar product and the multiparticle cumulant methods, which have different sensitivities to initial-state fluctuations. The values from both methods remain positive up to pT∼60–80 GeV/c , in all examined centrality classes. The v3 coefficient, only measured with the scalar product method, tends to zero for pT≳20 GeV/c . Comparisons between theoretical calculations and data provide new constraints on the path-length dependence of parton energy loss in heavy ion collisions and highlight the importance of the initial-state fluctuations.
Note:
  • CMS
  • QGP
  • High- pT
  • Flow
  • Parton energy loss
  • Jet quenching
  • charged particle: multiple production
  • angular distribution: anisotropy
  • initial state: fluctuation
  • path length: dependence