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Two-particle azimuthal correlations in photonuclear ultraperipheral Pb+Pb collisions at 5.02 TeV with ATLAS

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Aad, G 
Abbott, B 
Abbott, DC 
Abed Abud, A 
Abeling, K 

Abstract

Two-particle long-range azimuthal correlations are measured in photonuclear collisions using 1.7 nb−1 of 5.02 TeV Pb+Pb collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. Candidate events are selected using a dedicated high-multiplicity photonuclear event trigger, a combination of information from the zero-degree calorimeters and forward calorimeters, and from pseudorapidity gaps constructed using calorimeter energy clusters and charged-particle tracks. Distributions of event properties are compared between data and Monte Carlo simulations of photonuclear processes. Two-particle correlation functions are formed using charged-particle tracks in the selected events, and a template-fitting method is employed to subtract the non-flow contribution to the correlation. Significant nonzero values of the second- and third-order flow coefficients are observed and presented as a function of charged-particle multiplicity and transverse momentum. The results are compared with flow coefficients obtained in proton-proton and proton-lead collisions in similar multiplicity ranges, and with theoretical expectations. The unique initial conditions present in this measurement provide a new way to probe the origin of the collective signatures previously observed only in hadronic collisions.

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Keywords

nucl-ex, nucl-ex, hep-ex

Journal Title

Physical Review C

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Journal ISSN

2469-9985
2469-9993

Volume Title

104

Publisher

American Physical Society (APS)
Sponsorship
STFC (ST/S000712/1)