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J/Psi Elliptic Flow in Pb-Pb Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 2.76 TeV

Nuclear Experiment 2014-09-16 v4 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

We report on the first measurement of inclusive J/ψ\psi elliptic flow, v2v_2, in heavy-ion collisions at the LHC. The measurement is performed with the ALICE detector in Pb-Pb collisions at sNN=2.76\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 2.76 TeV in the rapidity range 2.5<y<4.02.5 < y < 4.0. The dependence of the J/ψ\psi v2v_2 on the collision centrality and on the J/ψ\psi transverse momentum is studied in the range 0<pT<100 < p_{\rm T} < 10 GeV/cc. For semi-central Pb-Pb collisions at sNN=2.76\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 2.76 TeV, an indication of non-zero v2v_2 is observed with a maximum value of v2=0.116±0.046(stat.)±0.029(syst.)v_2 = 0.116 \pm 0.046 {\rm (stat.)} \pm 0.029 {\rm (syst.)} for J/ψ\psi in the transverse momentum range 2<pT<42 < p_{\rm T} < 4 GeV/cc. The elliptic flow measurement complements the previously reported ALICE results on the inclusive J/ψ\psi nuclear modification factor and favors the scenario of a significant fraction of J/ψ\psi production from charm quarks in a deconfined partonic phase.

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@article{arxiv.1303.5880,
  title  = {J/Psi Elliptic Flow in Pb-Pb Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 2.76 TeV},
  author = {ALICE Collaboration},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.5880},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

16 pages, 4 captioned figures, 1 Table, authors from page 11, published version, figures at http://aliceinfo.cern.ch/ArtSubmission/node/591