D-Meson Azimuthal Anisotropy in Midcentral Pb-Pb Collisions root S-NN=5.02 TeV

S. Acharya, D. Adamova, Jan Adolfsson, MM. Aggarwal, G.A. Rinella, Maria Agnello, Z. Ahammed, N. Ahmad, S. U. Ahn, S. Aiola, A. Akindinov, SN Alam, J.L.B. Alba, DSD Albuquerque, D. Aleksandrov, B. Alessandro, R. Alfaro-Molina, A. Alici, A. Alkin, J. AlmeIan Bearden, bsm989 bsm989, Lais Ozelin de Lima Pimentel, Marek Chojnacki, Freja Thoresen, Jens Jørgen Gaardhøje, Vojtech Pacik, Børge Svane Nielsen, Christian Alexander Bourjau, Christian Holm Christensen, Ante Bilandzic, Katarina Gajdosova, Valentina Zaccolo, You Zhou

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Abstract

The azimuthal anisotropy coefficient v2 of prompt D0, D+, D∗+, and Ds+ mesons was measured in midcentral (30%-50% centrality class) Pb-Pb collisions at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair sNN=5.02 TeV, with the ALICE detector at the LHC. The D mesons were reconstructed via their hadronic decays at midrapidity, |y|<0.8, in the transverse momentum interval 1<pT<24 GeV/c. The measured D-meson v2 has similar values as that of charged pions. The Ds+ v2, measured for the first time, is found to be compatible with that of nonstrange D mesons. The measurements are compared with theoretical calculations of charm-quark transport in a hydrodynamically expanding medium and have the potential to constrain medium parameters.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer102301
TidsskriftPhysical Review Letters
Vol/bind120
Udgave nummer10
Antal sider13
ISSN0031-9007
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 9 mar. 2018

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