Measurement of deuteron spectra and elliptic flow in Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV at the LHC



Acharya, S, Adamova, D, Adolfsson, J, Aggarwal, MM, Rinella, G Aglieri, Agnello, M, Agrawal, N, Ahammed, Z, Ahmad, N, Ahn, SU
et al (show 1028 more authors) (2017) Measurement of deuteron spectra and elliptic flow in Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV at the LHC EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C, 77 (10). 658-. ISSN 1434-6044, 1434-6052

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Abstract

The transverse momentum (p<inf>T</inf>) spectra and elliptic flow coefficient (v<inf>2</inf>) of deuterons and anti-deuterons at mid-rapidity (| y| < 0.5) are measured with the ALICE detector at the LHC in Pb–Pb collisions at sNN = 2.76 TeV. The measurement of the p<inf>T</inf>spectra of (anti-)deuterons is done up to 8 GeV/ c in 0–10% centrality class and up to 6 GeV/ c in 10–20% and 20–40% centrality classes. The v<inf>2</inf>is measured in the 0.8 < p<inf>T</inf><5 GeV/ c interval and in six different centrality intervals (0–5, 5–10, 10–20, 20–30, 30–40 and 40–50%) using the scalar product technique. Measured π<sup>±</sup>, K<sup>±</sup> and p+p ¯ transverse-momentum spectra and v<inf>2</inf>are used to predict the deuteron p<inf>T</inf>spectra and v<inf>2</inf>within the Blast-Wave model. The predictions are able to reproduce the v<inf>2</inf> coefficient in the measured p<inf>T</inf>range and the transverse-momentum spectra for p<inf>T</inf>> 1.8 GeV/ c within the experimental uncertainties. The measurement of the coalescence parameter B<inf>2</inf>is performed, showing a p<inf>T</inf> dependence in contrast with the simplest coalescence model, which fails to reproduce also the measured v<inf>2</inf> coefficient. In addition, the coalescence parameter B<inf>2</inf> and the elliptic flow coefficient in the 20–40% centrality interval are compared with the AMPT model which is able, in its version without string melting, to reproduce the measured v<inf>2</inf>(p<inf>T</inf>) and the B<inf>2</inf>(p<inf>T</inf>) trend.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: 5106 Nuclear and Plasma Physics, 5107 Particle and High Energy Physics, 51 Physical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 06 Nov 2017 07:36
Last Modified: 16 Jun 2026 09:20
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5222-x
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