Rapidity and multiplicity dependence of charged-particle flow in pPb collisions at sNN=8.16 TeV

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Abstract

The elliptic and triangular flow of charged particles are measured using two-particle angular correlations in pPb collisions in the pseudorapidity range 2.0 < |η| < 4.8. The data sample was collected by the LHCb experiment in 2016 at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of sNN=8.16 TeV, containing in total approximately 1.5 billion collision events. Non-flow contributions are obtained in low-multiplicity collisions and subtracted to extract the flow harmonics. The results are presented as a function of event multiplicity and hadron transverse momentum. Comparisons with a full (3+1)D dynamic model indicate that it overestimates the measured elliptic flow. A comparison between the forward and backward regions reveals no significant differences in flow parameters, suggesting that final-state effects may dominate over initial-state effects in the origin of flow in small systems.

Original languageEnglish
Article number124
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2025
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2025
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Collective Flow
  • Heavy Ion Experiments
  • Particle Correlations and Fluctuations
  • Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics

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