Charge asymmetry dependence of elliptic and triangular flow in pPb and PbPb collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}} = 5.02~\mathrm{TeV}

Collaboration
2017
13 pages
Report number:
  • CMS-PAS-HIN-16-017
Experiments:

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20152016201702
Abstract:
Charge dependent elliptic azimuthal anisotropy (v2v_{\rm 2}) in pPb and both v2v_{\rm 2} and triangular azimuthal anisotropy (v3v_{\rm 3}) in PbPb collisions are measured at sNN=5.02 TeV\sqrt{s_{_{NN}}} = 5.02~\mathrm{TeV} with the CMS detector at the LHC. The normalized difference of v2v_{\rm 2} between positively and negatively charged particles, (v2v2+v_{\rm 2}^{-}-v_{\rm 2}^{+})/(v2+v2+v_{\rm 2}^{-}+v_{\rm 2}^{+}), shows a linear dependence with respect to the event-charged asymmetry AchA_{\rm ch}, with comparable slopes observed for pPb and PbPb collisions at similar multiplicities. In PbPb collisions, the slopes are found to be the same for the v2v_{\rm 2} and v3v_{\rm 3} coefficients within uncertainties. These observations pose a challenge to the hypothesis that the charge asymmetry dependence of v2v_{\rm 2} arises from a chiral magnetic wave. However, the results are in qualitative agreement with expectations based on local charge conservation.
Note:
  • Preliminary results
  • Data
  • charge: asymmetry
  • charge: conservation law
  • wave: magnetic
  • triangulation
  • angular distribution: anisotropy
  • slope
  • charge dependence
  • charge: chiral
  • charged particle