Dousatsu Sakata

Dr. Dousatsu Sakata

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18Years (2009-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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13 December 2010 in Physical Review Letters
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KAK. Aamodt
K. Aamodt
BAB. Abelev
B. Abelev
AQA. Abrahantes Quintana
A. Abrahantes Quintana
DAD. Adamová
D. Adamová
AAA. M. Adare
A. M. Adare
MZM. Zynovyev
M. Zynovyev
We report the first measurement of charged particle elliptic flow in Pb-Pb collisions at sNN=2.76  TeV with the ALICE detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The measurement is performed in the central pseudorapidity region (|η|<0.8) and transverse momentum range 0.2<pt<5.0  GeV/c. The elliptic flow signal v2, measured using the 4-particle correlation method, averaged over transverse momentum and pseudorapidity is 0.087±0.002(stat)±0.003(syst) in the 40%–50% centrality class. The differential elliptic flow v2(pt) reaches a maximum of 0.2 near pt=3  GeV/c. Compared to RHIC Au-Au collisions at sNN=200  GeV, the elliptic flow increases by about 30%. Some hydrodynamic model predictions which include viscous corrections are in agreement with the observed increase.

11 July 2011 in Physical Review Letters
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KAK. Aamodt
K. Aamodt
BAB. Abelev
B. Abelev
AQA. Abrahantes Quintana
A. Abrahantes Quintana
DAD. Adamová
D. Adamová
AAA. M. Adare
A. M. Adare
MZM. Zynovyev
M. Zynovyev
We report on the first measurement of the triangular v3, quadrangular v4, and pentagonal v5 charged particle flow in Pb-Pb collisions at sNN=2.76  TeV measured with the ALICE detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. We show that the triangular flow can be described in terms of the initial spatial anisotropy and its fluctuations, which provides strong constraints on its origin. In the most central events, where the elliptic flow v2 and v3 have similar magnitude, a double peaked structure in the two-particle azimuthal correlations is observed, which is often interpreted as a Mach cone response to fast partons. We show that this structure can be naturally explained from the measured anisotropic flow Fourier coefficients.

20 January 2011 in Physical Review Letters
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KAK. Aamodt
K. Aamodt
AQA. Abrahantes Quintana
A. Abrahantes Quintana
DAD. Adamová
D. Adamová
AAA. M. Adare
A. M. Adare
MAM. M. Aggarwal
M. M. Aggarwal
ACALICE Collaboration
ALICE Collaboration
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.

1 January 2011 in Physics Letters B
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KAK. Aamodt
K. Aamodt
AQA. Abrahantes Quintana
A. Abrahantes Quintana
DAD. Adamová
D. Adamová
AAA.M. Adare
A.M. Adare
MAM.M. Aggarwal
M.M. Aggarwal
MZM. Zynovyev
M. Zynovyev
Inclusive transverse momentum spectra of primary charged particles in Pb–Pb collisions at sNN=2.76 TeV have been measured by the ALICE Collaboration at the LHC. The data are presented for central and peripheral collisions, corresponding to 0–5% and 70–80% of the hadronic Pb–Pb cross section. The measured charged particle spectra in |η|<0.8 and 0.3

1 January 2014 in Physics Letters B
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BAB. Abelev
B. Abelev
JAJ. Adam
J. Adam
DAD. Adamová
D. Adamová
AAA.M. Adare
A.M. Adare
MAM.M. Aggarwal
M.M. Aggarwal
MZM. Zyzak
M. Zyzak
See paper for full list of authors - 23 pages, 7 captioned figures, 5 tables, author from page 19 to page 23In this Letter, comprehensive results on {\pi}+-, K+-, K^0_S, p(antiproton) and {\Lambda} anti-{\Lambda} production at mid-rapidity (0 < y_cms < 0.5) in p-Pb collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 5.02 TeV, measured by the ALICE detector at the LHC, are reported. The transverse momentum distributions exhibit a hardening as a function of event multiplicity, which is stronger for heavier particles. This behavior is similar to what has been observed in pp and Pb--Pb collisions at the LHC. The measured pT distributions are compared to results at lower energy and with predictions based on QCD-inspired and hydrodynamic models

1 March 2013 in Physics Letters B
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BAB. Abelev
B. Abelev
JAJ. Adam
J. Adam
DAD. Adamová
D. Adamová
AAA.M. Adare
A.M. Adare
MAM.M. Aggarwal
M.M. Aggarwal
MZM. Zyzak
M. Zyzak
See paper for full list of authors - 10 pages, 4 figures, target journal PLBThe inclusive transverse momentum ($p_{\rm T}$) distributions of primary charged particles are measured in the pseudo-rapidity range $|\eta|<0.8$ as a function of event centrality in Pb--Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm{NN}}}=2.76$ TeV with ALICE at the LHC. The data are presented in the $p_{\rm T}$ range $0.1530$ GeV/$c$. In peripheral collisions (70--80%), the suppression is weaker with $R_{\rm{AA}} \approx 0.7$ almost independently of $p_{\rm T}$. The measured nuclear modification factors are compared to other measurements and model calculations