Tumasyan, A.Adam, W.Andrejkovic, J.W.Bergauer, T.Chatterjee, S.Damanakis, K.Dragicevic, M.2024-06-132024-06-1320241029-847910.1007/JHEP02(2024)1062-s2.0-85194377842https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2024)106https://hdl.handle.net/11501/929The hydrodynamic flow-like behavior of charged hadrons in high-energy lead-lead collisions is studied through multiparticle correlations. The elliptic anisotropy values based on different orders of multiparticle cumulants, v2{2k}, are measured up to the tenth order (k = 5) as functions of the collision centrality at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of sNN = 5.02 TeV. The data were recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 0.607 nb?1. A hierarchy is observed between the coefficients, with v2{2} > v2{4} ? v2{6} ? v2{8} ? v2{10}. Based on these results, centrality-dependent moments for the fluctuation-driven event-by-event v2 distribution are determined, including the skewness, kurtosis and, for the first time, superskewness. Assuming a hydrodynamic expansion of the produced medium, these moments directly probe the initial-state geometry in high-energy nucleus-nucleus collisions. © The Author(s) 2024.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessEvent-by-Event fluctuationHarmonic FlowHeavy Ion ExperimentsRelativistic Heavy Ion PhysicsArticle2Q22024