Centrality and pseudorapidity dependence of the charged-particle multiplicity density in Xe–Xe collisions at sNN=5.44TeV

heavy ion: scattering heavy ion collisions hiukkasfysiikka Atomic 01 natural sciences High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) Particle and Plasma Physics ALICE charged particle: multiplicity ; multiplicity: density ; impact parameter ; rapidity ; heavy ion ; nucleon ; nucleus ; ALICE [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex] Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) impact parameter Nuclear Experiment Mathematical Physics Nuclear Physics, LHC Physics ddc:530 nucleon VDP::Kjerne- og elementærpartikkelfysikk: 431 Particle and High Energy Physics multiplicity: density Nuclear and Plasma Physics Nuclear & Particles Physics heavy ion :Mathematics and natural scienses: 400::Physics: 430::Nuclear and elementary particle physics: 431 [VDP] quark gluon plasma Physical sciences PRIRODNE ZNANOSTI. Fizika. Q1 Science (General) / természettudomány általában VDP::Nuclear and elementary particle physics: 431 Physical Sciences Astronomical and Space Sciences Nuclear and High Energy Physics QC1-999 VDP::Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400::Fysikk: 430::Kjerne- og elementærpartikkelfysikk: 431 Mathematical sciences FOS: Physical sciences [PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex] 530 charged particle: multiplicity 5440 GeV-cms/nucleon 0103 physical sciences Nuclear VDP::Mathematics and natural scienses: 400::Physics: 430::Nuclear and elementary particle physics: 431 ta114 heavy-ion collisions, particle production, ALICE experiment nucleus :Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400::Fysikk: 430::Kjerne- og elementærpartikkelfysikk: 431 [VDP] Molecular NATURAL SCIENCES. Physics. Synchrotrons and Accelerators rapidity PB-PB COLLISIONS; PROTON-PROTON COLLISIONS; AU COLLISIONS; QCD; PA; PP experimental results
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2018.12.048 Publication Date: 2018-12-28T16:49:16Z
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25 pages, 7 captioned figures, 1 table, authors from page 20, published, figures at http://aliceinfo.cern.ch/ArtSubmission/node/4293<br/>In this Letter, the ALICE Collaboration presents the first measurements of the charged-particle multiplicity density, $\rm{d}N_{\rm{ch}}/\rm{d}��$, and total charged-particle multiplicity, $N_{\rm{ch}}^{\rm{tot}}$, in Xe-Xe collisions at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon--nucleon pair of $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 5.44 TeV. The measurements are performed as a function of collision centrality over a wide pseudorapidity range of $-3.5 < ��< 5$. The values of $\rm{d}N_{\rm{ch}}/\rm{d}��$ at mid-rapidity and $N_{\rm{ch}}^{\rm{tot}}$ for central collisions, normalised to the number of nucleons participating in the collision ($N_{\rm{part}}$) as a function of $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$, follow the trends established in previous heavy-ion measurements. The same quantities are also found to increase as a function of $N_{\rm{part}}$, and up to the 5% most central collisions the trends are the same as the ones observed in Pb-Pb at a similar energy. For more central collisions, the Xe-Xe scaled multiplicities exceed those in Pb-Pb for a similar $N_{\rm{part}}$. The results are compared to phenomenological models and theoretical calculations based on different mechanisms for particle production in nuclear collisions. All considered models describe the data reasonably well within 15%.<br/>
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