Net-charge fluctuations in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 2.76 TeV

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We report the first measurement of the net-charge fluctuations in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 2.76 TeV, measured with the ALICE detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider.

• The dynamical fluctuations per unit entropy are observed to decrease when going from peripheral to central collisions.
• An additional reduction in the amount of fluctuations is seen in comparison to the results from lower energies.
• We examine the dependence of fluctuations on the pseudorapidity interval, which may account for the dilution of fluctuations during the evolution of the system.