Dataset

GSI-2023-00177

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Characterizing the initial conditions of heavy-ion collisions at the LHC with mean transverse momentum and anisotropic flow correlations

ALICE Collaboration (Corresponding author)

2022

Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.17182/HEPDATA.133026

Abstract: Correlations between mean transverse momentum $[p_{\rm T}]$ and anisotropic flow coefficients $v_{\rm 2}$ or $v_{\rm 3}$ are measured as a function of centrality in Pb--Pb and Xe--Xe collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 5.02$ TeV and 5.44 TeV, respectively, with ALICE. In addition, the recently proposed higher-order correlation between $[p_{\rm T}]$, $v_{\rm 2}$, and $v_{\rm 3}$ is measured for the first time, which shows an anticorrelation for the presented centrality ranges. These measurements are compared with hydrodynamic calculations using IP-Glasma and $\rm T_{R}ENTo$ initial-state shapes, the former based on the Color Glass Condensate effective theory with gluon saturation, and the latter a parameterized model with nucleons as the relevant degrees of freedom. The data are better described by the IP-Glasma rather than the $\rm T_{R}ENTo$ based calculations. In particular, Trajectum and JETSCAPE predictions, both based on the $\rm T_{R}ENTo$ initial state model but with different parameter settings, fail to describe the measurements. As the correlations between $[p_{\rm T}]$ and $v_{\rm n}$ are mainly driven by the correlations of the size and the shape of the system in the initial state, these new studies pave a novel way to characterize the initial state in relativistic heavy-ion collisions.

Note: Journal Article GSI record: GSI-2023-00116

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. ALICE (ALI)
2. Detektorlabor (DTL)
3. IT (CIT)
4. ExtreMe Matter Institute, EMMI (EXM)
5. Collaboration CERN: ALICE (ALICE@CERN)

Research Program(s):

1. 612 - Cosmic Matter in the Laboratory (POF4-612) (POF4-612)
2. HGS-HIRe - HGS-HIRe for FAIR (HGS-HIRe) (HGS-HIRe)
3. SUC-GSI-Heidelberg - Strategic university cooperation GSI-U Heidelberg (SUC-GSI-HE) (SUC-GSI-HE)
4. SUC-GSI-Frankfurt - Strategic university cooperation GSI-U Frankfurt/M (SUC-GSI-FR) (SUC-GSI-FR)
5. SUC-GSI-Darmstadt - Strategic university cooperation GSI-TU Darmstadt (SUC-GSI-DA) (SUC-GSI-DA)

Experiment(s):

1. LHC: ALICE

Appears in the scientific report 2022

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Linked articles:

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Journal Article Acharya, S. ; Adamova, D. ; Adler, A. ; et al
Characterizing the initial conditions of heavy-ion collisions at the LHC with mean transverse momentum and anisotropic flow correlations
Physics letters / B 834, 137393 (2022) [10.1016/j.physletb.2022.137393]2022   Files  Fulltext by arXiv.org BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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