Multiharmonic Correlations of Different Flow Amplitudes in Pb-Pb Collisions at sNN =2.76 TeV



Acharya, S, Adamová, D, Adler, A, Adolfsson, J, Aglieri Rinella, G, Agnello, M, Agrawal, N, Ahammed, Z, Ahmad, S, Ahn, SU
et al (show 90 more authors) (2021) Multiharmonic Correlations of Different Flow Amplitudes in Pb-Pb Collisions at sNN =2.76 TeV Physical Review Letters, 127 (9). 092302-. ISSN 0031-9007, 1079-7114

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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.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: ALICE Collaboration
Divisions: Faculty of Science & Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 16 Dec 2021 13:50
Last Modified: 22 Jan 2026 08:29
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.092302
Open Access URL: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/Phys...
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3145501
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