Charged-Particle Multiplicity Density at Midrapidity in Central Pb-Pb Collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV (CROSBI ID 173110)
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Aamodt, K. ; ... ; Antičić, Tome ; ... ; Gotovac, Sven ; ... ; Mudnić, Eugen ; ... ; Šuša, Tatjana ; ... ; Vicković, Linda ; ... ; Zynovyev, M.
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Charged-Particle Multiplicity Density at Midrapidity in Central Pb-Pb Collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV
The first measurement of the charged-particle multiplicity density at midrapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair √sNN=2.76 TeV is presented. For an event sample corresponding to the most central 5% of the hadronic cross section, the pseudorapidity density of primary charged particles at midrapidity is 1584±4(stat)±76(syst), which corresponds to 8.3±0.4(syst) per participating nucleon pair. This represents an increase of about a factor 1.9 relative to pp collisions at similar collision energies, and about a factor 2.2 to central Au-Au collisions at √sNN=0.2 TeV. This measurement provides the first experimental constraint for models of nucleus-nucleus collisions at LHC energies.
LHC; ALICE; 2.76 TeV; Charged Particle Multiplicity
The ALICE Collaboration
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Podaci o izdanju
105 (25)
2010.
252301-1-252301-11
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0031-9007
10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.252301