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The v31/3/v21/2 ratio in PbAu collisions at sNN= 17.3 GeV: a hint of a hydrodynamic behavior

  • CERES/NA45 Collaboration
  • Czech Academy of Sciences
  • Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
  • University of Münster
  • Goethe University Frankfurt
  • Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
  • Czech Technical University in Prague
  • GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
  • Heidelberg University 
  • Weizmann Institute of Science
  • University of Tsukuba
  • University of California at Berkeley
  • University of Belgrade
  • Huzhou University
  • Pavol Jozef Šafárik University
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory

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Abstract

The Fourier harmonics, v2 and v3 of negative pions are measured at center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of sNN= 17.3 GeV around midrapidity by the CERES/NA45 experiment at the CERN SPS in 0–30% central PbAu collisions with a mean centrality of 5.5%. The analysis is performed in two centrality bins as a function of the transverse momentum pT from 0.05 GeV/c to more than 2 GeV/c. This is the first measurement of the v31/3/v21/2 ratio as a function of transverse momentum at SPS energies, that reveals, independently of the hydrodynamic models, hydrodynamic behavior of the formed system. For pT above 0.5 GeV/c, the ratio is nearly flat in accordance with the hydrodynamic prediction and as previously observed by the ATLAS and ALICE experiments at the much higher LHC energies. The results are also compared with the SMASH-vHLLE hybrid model predictions, as well as with the SMASH model applied alone.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1090
JournalEuropean Physical Journal C
Volume84
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2024

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