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.

Sirunyan A.M., Tumasyan A., Adam W., Ambrogi F., Asilar E., Bergauer T., et al. (2019). Non-Gaussian elliptic-flow fluctuations in PbPb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV. PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B, 789, 643-665 [10.1016/j.physletb.2018.11.063].

Non-Gaussian elliptic-flow fluctuations in PbPb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV

Battilana C.;Bonacorsi D.;Borgonovi L.;Braibant-Giacomelli S.;Castro A.;Cuffiani M.;Fanfani A.;Guiducci L.;Rovelli T.;Siroli G. P.;
2019

Abstract

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.
2019
Sirunyan A.M., Tumasyan A., Adam W., Ambrogi F., Asilar E., Bergauer T., et al. (2019). Non-Gaussian elliptic-flow fluctuations in PbPb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV. PHYSICS LETTERS. SECTION B, 789, 643-665 [10.1016/j.physletb.2018.11.063].
Sirunyan A.M.; Tumasyan A.; Adam W.; Ambrogi F.; Asilar E.; Bergauer T.; Brandstetter J.; Brondolin E.; Dragicevic M.; Ero J.; Flechl M.; Friedl M.; F...espandi
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