Higher-order moments of the elliptic flow distribution in PbPb collisions at sNN = 5.02 TeV
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Journal Article
Abstract
The hydrodynamic flow-like behavior of charged hadrons in high-energy lead-lead collisions is studied through multiparticle correlations. The elliptic anisotropy values based on different orders of multiparticle cumulants, v2{2k}, are measured up to the tenth order (k = 5) as functions of the collision centrality at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of √⁸NN = 5.02 TeV. The data were recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 0.607 nb−1. A hierarchy is observed between the coefficients, with v2{2} > v2{4} ≳ v2{6} ≳ v2{8} ≳ v2{10}. Based on these results, centrality-dependent moments for the fluctuation-driven event-by-event v2 distribution are determined, including the skewness, kurtosis and, for the first time, superskewness. Assuming a hydrodynamic expansion of the produced medium, these moments directly probe the initial-state geometry in high-energy nucleus-nucleus collisions.
Date Issued
2024-02-15
Date Acceptance
2024-01-28
Citation
The Journal of High Energy Physics, 2024, 2024 (2)
ISSN
1029-8479
Publisher
SpringerOpen
Journal / Book Title
The Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume
2024
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2024 CERN, for the benefit of the CMS Collaboration.
Article funded by SCOAP3. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits any use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
Article funded by SCOAP3. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits any use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
Subjects
Event-by-Event fluctuation
Harmonic Flow
Heavy Ion Experiments
MODEL
NUCLEAR
Physical Sciences
Physics
Physics, Particles & Fields
Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics
Science & Technology
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 106