Pseudorapidity distributions of charged hadrons in lead-lead collisions at sNN=5.36TeV

Collaboration
Sep 1, 2024
25 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 861 (2025) 139279
  • Published: Jan 20, 2025
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Report number:
  • CMS-HIN-23-007,
  • CERN-EP-2024-118
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Abstract: (Elsevier B.V.)
The pseudorapidity (η) distributions of charged hadrons are measured using data collected at the highest ever nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of sNN=5.36TeV for collisions of lead-lead ions. The data were recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2022 and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 0.30±0.03μb1. Using the CMS silicon pixel detector, the yields of primary charged hadrons produced in the range |η|<2.6 are reported. The evolution of the midrapidity particle density as a function of collision centrality is also reported. In the 5% most central collisions, the charged-hadron η density in the range |η|<0.5 is found to be 2032±91(syst), with negligible statistical uncertainty. This result is consistent with an extrapolation from nucleus-nucleus collision data at lower center-of-mass energies. Comparisons are made to various Monte Carlo event generators and to previous measurements of lead-lead and xenon-xenon collisions at similar collision energies. These new data detail the dependence of particle production on the collision energy, initial collision geometry, and the size of the colliding nuclei.
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