First measurements of the azimuthal anisotropy of neutral pions produced in Pb-Pb collisions at a center-of-mass energy of √sNN=2.76  TeV are presented. The amplitudes of the second Fourier component (v2) of the π0 azimuthal distributions are extracted using an event-plane technique. The values of v2 are studied as a function of the neutral pion transverse momentum (pT) for different classes of collision centrality in the kinematic range 1.6<8.0  GeV/c, within the pseudorapidity interval |η|<0.8. The CMS measurements of v2(pT) are similar to previously reported π0 azimuthal anisotropy results from √sNN=200  GeV Au-Au collisions at RHIC, despite a factor of ∼14 increase in the center-of-mass energy. In the momentum range 2.5<5.0  GeV/c, the neutral pion anisotropies are found to be smaller than those observed by CMS for inclusive charged particles.

Measurement of the Azimuthal Anisotropy of Neutral Pions in Pb-Pb Collisions at √S-NN=2.76 TeV

L. Bianchini;MARTINI, LUCA;MESSINEO, ALBERTO MARIA;RIZZI, ANDREA;TONELLI, GUIDO EMILIO;A. C. Marini;
2013-01-01

Abstract

First measurements of the azimuthal anisotropy of neutral pions produced in Pb-Pb collisions at a center-of-mass energy of √sNN=2.76  TeV are presented. The amplitudes of the second Fourier component (v2) of the π0 azimuthal distributions are extracted using an event-plane technique. The values of v2 are studied as a function of the neutral pion transverse momentum (pT) for different classes of collision centrality in the kinematic range 1.6<8.0  GeV/c, within the pseudorapidity interval |η|<0.8. The CMS measurements of v2(pT) are similar to previously reported π0 azimuthal anisotropy results from √sNN=200  GeV Au-Au collisions at RHIC, despite a factor of ∼14 increase in the center-of-mass energy. In the momentum range 2.5<5.0  GeV/c, the neutral pion anisotropies are found to be smaller than those observed by CMS for inclusive charged particles.
2013
Chatrchyan, S.; Khachatryan, V.; Sirunyan, A. M.; Tumasyan, A.; Adam, W.; Aguilo, E.; Bergauer, T.; Dragicevic, M.; Eroe, J.; Fabjan, C.; Friedl, M.; ...espandi
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