Event-by-event fluctuations of mean transverse momentum in Pb-Pb and Xe-Xe collisions with ALICE

Abstract

Event-by-event fluctuations of the mean transverse momentum of charged particles produced in Pb-Pb and Xe-Xe collisions at sNN = 5.02 TeV and sNN = 5.44 TeV, respectively, are studied as a function of the charged-particle multiplicity using the ALICE detector at the LHC. Dynamical fluctuations are observed in both collision systems which indicate correlated particle emission. The central Pb-Pb and Xe-Xe collisions show a significant reduction of the fluctuation in comparison to peripheral collisions and are in qualitative agreement with previous measurements in Pb-Pb collisions at sNN = 2.76 TeV. The results are compared with the HIJING model. A clear deviation from simple superposition of independent nucleon-nucleon collisions scenario, where the final state particles are produced from superposition of particle emitting sources, is observed.

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