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J/$\psi$ elliptic and triangular flow in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 5.02 TeV

Nuclear Experiment 2021-03-10 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

The inclusive J/ψ\psi elliptic (v2v_2) and triangular (v3v_3) flow coefficients measured at forward rapidity (2.5 <y<<y< 4) and the v2v_2 measured at midrapidity (y<|y|< 0.9) in Pb-Pb collisions at sNN\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 5.02 TeV using the ALICE detector at the LHC are reported. The entire Pb-Pb data sample collected during Run 2 is employed, amounting to an integrated luminosity of 750 μ\mub1^{-1} at forward rapidity and 93 μ\mub1^{-1} at midrapidity. The results are obtained using the scalar product method and are reported as a function of transverse momentum pTp_{\rm T} and collision centrality. At midrapidity, the J/ψ\psi v2v_2 is in agreement with the forward rapidity measurement. The centrality averaged results indicate a positive J/ψ\psi v3v_3 with a significance of more than 5σ\sigma at forward rapidity in the pTp_{\rm T} range 2<pT<52<p_{\rm T}<5 GeV/cc. The forward rapidity v2v_2, v3v_3, and v3v_3/v2v_2 results at low and intermediate pTp_{\rm T} (pT8p_{\rm T} \lesssim 8 GeV/cc) exhibit a mass hierarchy when compared to pions and D mesons, while converging into a species-independent curve at higher pTp_{\rm T}. At low and intermediate pTp_{\rm T}, the results could be interpreted in terms of a later thermalization of charm quarks compared to light quarks, while at high pTp_{\rm T}, path-length dependent effects seem to dominate. The J/ψ\psi v2v_2 measurements are further compared to a microscopic transport model calculation. Using a simplified extension of the quark scaling approach involving both light and charm quark flow components, it is shown that the D-meson vnv_{\rm n} measurements can be described based on those for charged pions and J/ψ\psi flow.

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@article{arxiv.2005.14518,
  title  = {J/$\psi$ elliptic and triangular flow in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 5.02 TeV},
  author = {ALICE Collaboration},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.14518},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

27 pages, 7 captioned figures, 2 tables, authors from page 22, published version, figures at http://alice-publications.web.cern.ch/node/6294