Elliptic flow of muons from heavy-flavour hadron decays at forward rapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76TeV

J. Adam, D. Adamova, M.M. Aggarwal, G. Aglieri Rinella, Maria Agnello, N. Agrawal, Z. Ahammed, S. U. Ahn, S. Aiola, A. Akindinov, S. Alam, B. Alessandro, A. Alici, Ian Bearden, Hans Bøggild, Christian Holm Christensen, Kristjan Herlache Gulbrandsen, Jens Jørgen Gaardhøje, Hans Hjersing Dalsgaard, Børge Svane NielsenAlexander Colliander Hansen, Ante Bilandzic, Marek Chojnacki, Valentina Zaccolo, You Zhou, Christian Alexander Bourjau

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Abstract

The elliptic flow, v2, of muons from heavy-flavour hadron decays at forward rapidity (2.5<y<4) is measured in Pb–Pb collisions at sNN=2.76 TeV with the ALICE detector at the LHC. The scalar product, two- and four-particle Q cumulants and Lee–Yang zeros methods are used. The dependence of the v2 of muons from heavy-flavour hadron decays on the collision centrality, in the range 0–40%, and on transverse momentum, pT, is studied in the interval 3<pT<10 GeV/c. A positive v2 is observed with the scalar product and two-particle Q cumulants in semi-central collisions (10–20% and 20–40% centrality classes) for the pT interval from 3 to about 5 GeV/c with a significance larger than 3σ based on the combination of statistical and systematic uncertainties. The v2 magnitude tends to decrease towards more central collisions and with increasing pT. It becomes compatible with zero in the interval 6<pT<10 GeV/c. The results are compared to models describing the interaction of heavy quarks and open heavy-flavour hadrons with the high-density medium formed in high-energy heavy-ion collisions.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftPhysics Letters B
Vol/bind753
Sider (fra-til)41-56
ISSN0370-2693
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 10 feb. 2016

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