The first measurement of the charged-particle multiplicity density at mid-rapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair √sNN = 2.76 TeV is presented. For an event sample corresponding to the most central 5% of the hadronic cross section the pseudo-rapidity density of primary charged particles at mid-rapidity is 1584 4 (stat.) 76 (sys.), which corresponds to 8.3 0.4 (sys.) per participating nucleon pair. This represents an increase of about a factor 1.9 relative to pp collisions at similar collision energies, and about a factor 2.2 to central Au-Au colli- sions at √sNN = 0.2 TeV. This measurement provides the first experimental constraint for models of nucleus-nucleus collisions at LHC energies.

Charged-particle multiplicity density at mid-rapidityin central Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN = 2.76 TeV / ALICE collaboration: K., A., B., A., A., A.Q., D., A., A. M., A., M. M., A., G., A.R., A. G., A., S., A.S., Z., A., A., A.M., N., A., S. U., A., A., A., D., A., B., A., R., A.M., A., A., A., A., E., A.A., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - STAMPA. - 105/2010:(2010), pp. 252301-1-252301-11. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.252301]

Charged-particle multiplicity density at mid-rapidityin central Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN = 2.76 TeV.

CAMERINI, Paolo;CONTIN, GIACOMO;LEA, RAMONA;MARGAGLIOTTI, GIACOMO;RUI, RINALDO;
2010-01-01

Abstract

The first measurement of the charged-particle multiplicity density at mid-rapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair √sNN = 2.76 TeV is presented. For an event sample corresponding to the most central 5% of the hadronic cross section the pseudo-rapidity density of primary charged particles at mid-rapidity is 1584 4 (stat.) 76 (sys.), which corresponds to 8.3 0.4 (sys.) per participating nucleon pair. This represents an increase of about a factor 1.9 relative to pp collisions at similar collision energies, and about a factor 2.2 to central Au-Au colli- sions at √sNN = 0.2 TeV. This measurement provides the first experimental constraint for models of nucleus-nucleus collisions at LHC energies.
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