Non-Gaussian elliptic-flow fluctuations in PbPb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV
Event-by-event fluctuations in the elliptic-flow coefficient v2 are studied in PbPb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV using the CMS detector at the CERN LHC. Elliptic-flow probability distributions p(v2) for charged particles with transverse momentum 0.3 < pT < 3.0 GeV/c and pseudorapidity |η| &...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English English English |
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Elsevier B.V.
2019
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/71808/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/71808/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/71808/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/71808/1/71808_Non-Gaussian%20elliptic-flow_article.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/71808/2/71808_Non-Gaussian%20elliptic-flow_wos.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/71808/3/71808_Non-Gaussian%20elliptic-flow_scopus.pdf |
| Summary: | Event-by-event fluctuations in the elliptic-flow coefficient v2 are studied in PbPb collisions at √sNN =
5.02 TeV using the CMS detector at the CERN LHC. Elliptic-flow probability distributions p(v2) for charged
particles with transverse momentum 0.3 < pT < 3.0 GeV/c and pseudorapidity |η| < 1.0 are determined
for different collision centrality classes. The moments of the p(v2) distributions are used to calculate the
v2 coefficients based on cumulant orders 2, 4, 6, and 8. A rank ordering of the higher-order cumulant
results and nonzero standardized skewness values obtained for the p(v2) distributions indicate nonGaussian initial-state fluctuations. Bessel–Gaussian and elliptic power fits to the flow distributions are
studied to characterize the initial-state spatial anisotropy. |
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