Multiharmonic Correlations of Different Flow Amplitudes in Pb-Pb Collisions at √sNN = 2.76 TeV
Abstract
The event-by-event correlations between three flow amplitudes are measured for the first time in Pb-Pb collisions, using higher-order symmetric cumulants. We find that different three-harmonic correlations develop during the collective evolution of the medium when compared to correlations that exist in the initial state. These new results cannot be interpreted in terms of previous lower-order flow measurements since contributions from two-harmonic correlations are explicitly removed in the new observables. A comparison to Monte Carlo simulations provides new and independent constraints for the initial conditions and system properties of nuclear matter created in heavy-ion collisions.
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Research article
Published
2021
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American Physical Society
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202110145250Use this for linking
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Peer reviewed
ISSN
0031-9007
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.092302
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English
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Physical Review Letters
Citation
- ALICE Collaboration. (2021). Multiharmonic Correlations of Different Flow Amplitudes in Pb-Pb Collisions at √sNN = 2.76 TeV. Physical Review Letters, 127(9), Article 092302. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.092302
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