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 Nielsen; Alexander Colliander Hansen; Ante Bilandzic; Marek Chojnacki; Valentina Zaccolo; You Zhou; Christian Alexander Bourjau

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2015.11.059

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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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 s_NN=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, p_T, is studied in the interval 3<p_T<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 p_T 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 p_T. It becomes compatible with zero in the interval 6<p_T<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.

Original language	English
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	753
Pages (from-to)	41-56
ISSN	0370-2693
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.11.059
Publication status	Published - 10 Feb 2016

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Adam, J., Adamova, D., Aggarwal, M. M., Aglieri Rinella, G., Agnello, M., Agrawal, N., Ahammed, Z., U. Ahn, S., Aiola, S., Akindinov, A., Alam, S., Alessandro, B., Alici, A., Bearden, I., Bøggild, H., Christensen, C. H., Gulbrandsen, K. H., Gaardhøje, J. J., Dalsgaard, H. H., ... Bourjau, C. A. (2016). Elliptic flow of muons from heavy-flavour hadron decays at forward rapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76TeV. Physics Letters B, 753, 41-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.11.059

Adam, J, Adamova, D, Aggarwal, MM, Aglieri Rinella, G, Agnello, M, Agrawal, N, Ahammed, Z, U. Ahn, S, Aiola, S, Akindinov, A, Alam, S, Alessandro, B, Alici, A, Bearden, I , Bøggild, H , Christensen, CH , Gulbrandsen, KH , Gaardhøje, JJ, Dalsgaard, HH, Nielsen, BS, Hansen, AC, Bilandzic, A, Chojnacki, M, Zaccolo, V, Zhou, Y & Bourjau, CA 2016, 'Elliptic flow of muons from heavy-flavour hadron decays at forward rapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76TeV', Physics Letters B, vol. 753, pp. 41-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.11.059

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

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