Studies of charm and beauty long-range correlations in pp and pPb collisions

Collaboration
2019
18 pages
Report number:
  • CMS-PAS-HIN-19-009
Experiments:

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Abstract:
Studies of collective long-range (large η\eta gap) correlations involving open charm and beauty hadrons in pp and pPb collisions are presented, using data samples collected by the CMS experiment with center-of-mass energies of 13 and 8.16 TeV, respectively. The elliptic flow harmonics (v2v_2) of prompt and nonprompt D0D^{0} mesons (from beauty hadron decays) are extracted from long-range two-particle azimuthal correlations, with respect to inclusive charged particles. In pp collisions, positive v2v_2 signals for prompt charm hadrons are reported for the first time over a transverse momentum (pTp_{\mathrm{T}}) range of 2-4 GeV. The signals are comparable to those for light-flavor hadron species. Compared at similar event multiplicities, the prompt D0D^{0} meson v2v_2 values in pp and pPb are similar in magnitude. The v2v_2 signal for open beauty hadrons is extracted for the first time via nonprompt D0D^{0} meson in pPb collisions, with a magnitude smaller than that for prompt D0D^{0} meson at pTp_{\mathrm{T}} between 2-5 GeV. The new measurements provide strong indications of a postive charm hadron v2v_2 in the smallest pp systems and a flavor hierarchy of v2v_2 between charm and beauty hadrons in the pPb systems, providing key insights to further understand the origin of heavy flavor quark collectivity in small-system collisions.
Note:
  • Preliminary results
  • Monte-Carlo
  • hadron: decay
  • correlation: long-range
  • p p: scattering
  • D0: elliptic flow
  • angular correlation: two-particle
  • flavor: hierarchy
  • transverse momentum
  • charged particle
  • multiplicity