Centrality Dependence of the Charged-Particle Multiplicity Density at Midrapidity in Pb-Pb Collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV

K. Aamodt,A. Abrahantes Quintana,D. Adamová,A. Adare,M. Aggarwal,G. Aglieri Rinella,A. Agocs,S. Aguilar Salazar,Z. Ahammed,N. Ahmad,A. Ahmad Masoodi,S. Ahn,A. Akindinov,D. Aleksandrov,B. Alessandro,R. Alfaro Molina,A. Alici,A. Alkin,E. Almaráz Aviña,T. Alt,V. Altini,S. Altinpinar,I. Altsybeev,C. Andrei,A. Andronic,V. Anguelov,C. Anson,T. Anticic,F. Antinori,P. Antonioli,L. Aphecetche,H. Appelshäuser,N. Arbor,S. Arcelli,A. Arend,N. Armesto,R. Arnaldi,T. Aronsson,I. Arsene,A. Asryan,A. Augustinus,R. Averbeck,T. Awes,J. Aystö,M. D. Azmi,M. Bach,A. Badalà,Y. Baek,S. Bagnasco,R. Bailhache,R. Bala,R. Baldini Ferroli,A. Baldisseri,A. Baldit,J. Ban,R. Barbera,F. Barile,G. G. Barnaföldi,L. Barnby,V. Barret,J. Bartke,M. Basile,N. Bastid,B. Bathen,G. Batigne,B. Batyunya,C. Baumann,I. Bearden,H. Beck,I. Belikov,F. Bellini,R. Bellwied,E. Belmont-Moreno,S. Beolè,I. Berceanu,A. Bercuci,E. Berdermann,Y. Berdnikov,L. Betev,A. Bhasin,A. Bhati,L. Bianchi,N. Bianchi,C. Bianchin,J. Bielcik,J. Bielčíková,A. Bilandzic,E. Biolcati,A. Blanc,F. Blanco,D. Blau,C. Blume,M. Boccioli,N. Bock,A. Bogdanov,H. Boggild,M. Bogolyubsky,L. Boldizsár,M. Bombara,C. Bombonati,J. Book,H. Borel,C. Bortolin,S. Bose,F. Bossu,M. Botje,S. Böttger,B. Boyer,P. Braun-Munzinger,L. Bravina,M. Bregant,T. Breitner,M. Broz,R. Brun,E. Bruna,G. Bruno,D. Budnikov,H. Buesching,O. Busch,Z. Buthelezi,D. Caffarri,X. Cai,H. Caines,E. Calvo Villar,P. Camerini,V. Canoa Roman,G. Cara Romeo,F. Carena,W. Carena,F. Carminati,A. Casanova Díaz,M. Caselle,J. Castillo Castellanos,V. Catanescu,C. Cavicchioli,P. Cerello,B. Chang,S. Chapeland,J. Charvet,S. Chattopadhyay,M. Cherney,C. Cheshkov,B. Cheynis,E. Chiavassa,V. Chibante Barroso,D. Chinellato,P. Chochula,M. Chojnacki,P. Christakoglou,C. H. Christensen,P. Christiansen,T. Chujo,C. Cicalò,L. Cifarelli,F. Cindolo,J. Cleymans,F. Coccetti,J. Coffin,S. Coli,G. Conesa Balbastre,Z. Conesa del Valle,P. Constantin,G. Contin,J. G. Contreras,T. Cormier,Y. Corrales Morales,I. Cortés Maldonado,P. Cortese,M. R. Cosentino,F. Costa,M. E. Cotallo,E. Crescio,P. Crochet,E. Cuáutle,L. Cunqueiro,G. Erasmo,A. Dainese,H. Dalsgaard,A. Danu,D. Das,I. Das,A. Dash,S. Dash,S. De,A. De Azevedo Moregula,G. D. de Barros,A. De Caro,G. de Cataldo,J. de Cuveland,A. De Falco,D. De Gruttola,N. De Marco,S. De Pasquale,R. De Remigis,R. de Rooij,H. Delagrange,Y. Delgado Mercado,G. Dellacasa,A. Deloff,V. Demanov,E. Denes,A. Deppman,D. Di Bari,C. Di Giglio,S. Di Liberto,A. Di Mauro,P. Di Nezza,T. Dietel,R. Divià,Ø. Djuvsland,A. Dobrin,T. Dobrowolski,I. Dominguez,B. Dönigus,O. Dordic,O. Driga,A. Dubey,L. Ducroux,P. Dupieux,A. K. Dutta Majumdar,M. Dutta Majumdar,D. Elia,D. Emschermann,H. Engel,H. Erdal,B. Espagnon,M. Estienne,S. Esumi,D. Evans,S. Evrard,G. Eyyubova,C. Fabjan,D. Fabris,J. Faivre,D. Falchieri,A. Fantoni,M. Fasel,R. Fearick,A. Fedunov,D. Fehlker,V. Fekete,D. Felea,G. Feofilov,A. Fernàndez Tèllez,A. Ferretti,R. Ferretti,M. Figueredo,S. Filchagin,R. Fini,D. Finogeev,F. 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Králik,F. Kramer,I. Kraus,T. Krawutschke,M. Kretz,M. Krivda,D. Krumbhorn,M. Krůs,E. Kryshen,M. Krzewicki,Y. Kucheriaev,C. Kuhn,P. Kuijer,P. Kurashvili,A. Kurepin,A. Kurepin,A. Kuryakin,S. Kushpil,V. Kushpil,M. Kweon,Y. Kwon,P. La Rocca,P. Ladrón de Guevara,V. Lafage,C. Lara,D. Larsen,C. Lazzeroni,Y. Le Bornec,R. Lea,K. Lee,S. Lee,F. Lefèvre,J. Lehnert,L. Leistam,M. Lenhardt,V. Lenti,I. León Monzón,H. León Vargas,P. Lévai,X. Li,R. Lietava,S. Lindal,V. Lindenstruth,C. Lippmann,M. Lisa,L. Liu,V. Loggins,V. Loginov,S. Lohn,D. Lohner,C. Loizides,X. Lopez,M. López Noriega,E. López Torres,G. Løvhøiden,X.-G. Lu,P. Luettig,M. Lunardon,G. Luparello,L. Luquin,C. Luzzi,K. Ma,R. Ma,D. M. Madagodahettige-Don,A. Maevskaya,M. Mager,D. P. Mahapatra,A. Maire,M. Malaev,I. M. Maldonado Cervantes,D. Mal’Kevich,P. Malzacher,A. Mamonov,L. Manceau,L. Mangotra

Published 2010 in Physical Review Letters

ABSTRACT

The centrality dependence of the charged-particle multiplicity density at midrapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN=2.76  TeV is presented. The charged-particle density normalized per participating nucleon pair increases by about a factor of 2 from peripheral (70%–80%) to central (0%–5%) collisions. The centrality dependence is found to be similar to that observed at lower collision energies. The data are compared with models based on different mechanisms for particle production in nuclear collisions.

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