Centrality determination in pPb collisions with CMS

Centrality is very important for defining the collision system size in heavy ion collisions. It provides a tool for selecting events according to cross section in a similar way in different experiments and facilitates the comparison of experimental results and theoretical calculations. The progress of centrality determination in pPb collisions at CMS is presented. The choice of variables used for event classification will be discussed. Methods for the estimation of the number of nucleon–nucleon collisions will be shown.