The directed flow of charged particles at midrapidity is measured in Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV relative to the collision symmetry plane defined by the spectator nucleons. A negative slope of the rapidity-odd directed flow component with approximately 3 times smaller magnitude than found at the highest RHIC energy is observed. This suggests a smaller longitudinal tilt of the initial system and disfavors the strong fireball rotation predicted for the LHC energies. The rapidity-even directed flow component is measured for the first time with spectators and found to be independent of pseudorapidity with a sign change at transverse momenta pT between 1.2 and 1.7 GeV/c. Combined with the observation of a vanishing rapidity-even pT shift along the spectator deflection this is strong evidence for dipolelike initial density fluctuations in the overlap zone of the nuclei. Similar trends in the rapidity-even directed flow and the estimate from two-particle correlations at midrapidity, which is larger by about a factor of 40, indicate a weak correlation between fluctuating participant and spectator symmetry planes. These observations open new possibilities for investigation of the initial conditions in heavy-ion collisions with spectator nucleons.

B. Abelev, J. Adam, D. Adamová, A. Adare, M. Aggarwal, G. Aglieri Rinella, et al. (2013). Directed Flow of Charged Particles at Midrapidity Relative to the Spectator Plane in Pb-Pb Collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 111(23), 1-11 [10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.232302].

Directed Flow of Charged Particles at Midrapidity Relative to the Spectator Plane in Pb-Pb Collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV

AGOSTINELLI, ANDREA;A. Alici;ARCELLI, SILVIA;BASILE, MAURIZIO;BELLINI, FRANCESCA;CIFARELLI, LUISA;FALCHIERI, DAVIDE;GUERZONI, BARBARA;SCIOLI, GILDA;
2013

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The directed flow of charged particles at midrapidity is measured in Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV relative to the collision symmetry plane defined by the spectator nucleons. A negative slope of the rapidity-odd directed flow component with approximately 3 times smaller magnitude than found at the highest RHIC energy is observed. This suggests a smaller longitudinal tilt of the initial system and disfavors the strong fireball rotation predicted for the LHC energies. The rapidity-even directed flow component is measured for the first time with spectators and found to be independent of pseudorapidity with a sign change at transverse momenta pT between 1.2 and 1.7 GeV/c. Combined with the observation of a vanishing rapidity-even pT shift along the spectator deflection this is strong evidence for dipolelike initial density fluctuations in the overlap zone of the nuclei. Similar trends in the rapidity-even directed flow and the estimate from two-particle correlations at midrapidity, which is larger by about a factor of 40, indicate a weak correlation between fluctuating participant and spectator symmetry planes. These observations open new possibilities for investigation of the initial conditions in heavy-ion collisions with spectator nucleons.
2013
B. Abelev, J. Adam, D. Adamová, A. Adare, M. Aggarwal, G. Aglieri Rinella, et al. (2013). Directed Flow of Charged Particles at Midrapidity Relative to the Spectator Plane in Pb-Pb Collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 111(23), 1-11 [10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.232302].
B. Abelev;J. Adam;D. Adamová;A. Adare;M. Aggarwal;G. Aglieri Rinella;M. Agnello;A. Agocs;A. Agostinelli;Z. Ahammed;N. Ahmad;A. Ahmad Masoodi;I. Ahmed;...espandi
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