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Study of Collective Phenomena in Heavy-Ion Collisions Using CMS Open Data

Nuclear Experiment 2026-03-09 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

In this work, we present preliminary results from a measurement of the recently proposed observable, v0(pT)v_0(p_T), in lead-lead (PbPb) collisions at sNN=2.76 TeV\sqrt{s_{NN}}=2.76 \text{ TeV}, using public data from the CMS Open Data portal. This observable is directly sensitive to radial flow and characterizes the transverse momentum (pTp_T) dependence of radial flow fluctuations, serving as probe of collective phenomena in the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) formed in heavy-ion collisions. Consistently with the ATLAS results at sNN=5.02 TeV\sqrt{s_{NN}}=5.02 \text{ TeV}, we observe the three key features of collective radial flow: long-range correlations in pseudorapidity (η\eta), a centrality-independent shape as a function of pTp_T, and factorization in pTp_T. The results presented in this work are generally compatible, within uncertainties, with the ATLAS measurements at sNN=5.02 TeV\sqrt{s_{NN}}=5.02\text{ TeV} reported in Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 032301 (2026).

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@article{arxiv.2603.05798,
  title  = {Study of Collective Phenomena in Heavy-Ion Collisions Using CMS Open Data},
  author = {Allan E. F. G. Ferreira and Cesar A. Bernardes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.05798},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

8 pages, 5 figures, Proceedings of Workshop of Advances in QCD at the LHC and the EIC

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