Related paper Centrality and pseudorapidity dependence of the charged-particle multiplicity density in Xe-Xe collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 5.44 TeV Comparison of \dndeta\ as a function of $\eta$ in the 0--5\% central class to model predictions. The bottom panel shows the ratio of the models to the data. Boxes around the points reflect the total uncorrelated systematic uncertainties.[png] [pdf] [eps]