J/ψ\psi elliptic and triangular flow in Pb-Pb collisions at sNN\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 5.02 TeV

Collaboration
May 29, 2020
27 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 10 (2020) 141
  • Published: Oct 22, 2020
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Report number:
  • CERN-EP-2020-094
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Abstract: (Springer)
The inclusive J/ψ elliptic (v2_{2}) and triangular (v3_{3}) flow coefficients measured at forward rapidity (2.5 < y < 4) and the v2_{2} measured at midrapidity (|y| < 0.9) in Pb-Pb collisions at sNN \sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}} = 5.02 TeV using the ALICE detector at the LHC are reported. The entire Pb-Pb data sample collected during Run 2 is employed, amounting to an integrated luminosity of 750 μb1^{−1} at forward rapidity and 93 μb1^{−1} at midrapidity. The results are obtained using the scalar product method and are reported as a function of transverse momentum pT_{T} and collision centrality. At midrapidity, the J/ψ v2_{2} is in agreement with the forward rapidity measurement. The centrality averaged results indicate a positive J/ψ v3_{3} with a significance of more than 5σ at forward rapidity in the pT_{T} range 2 < pT_{T}< 5 GeV/c. The forward rapidity v2_{2}, v3_{3}, and v3_{3}/v2_{2} results at low and intermediate pT_{T} (pT_{T} ≲ 8 GeV/c) exhibit a mass hierarchy when compared to pions and D mesons, while converging into a species-independent curve at higher pT_{T}. At low and intermediate pT_{T}, the results could be interpreted in terms of a later thermalization of charm quarks compared to light quarks, while at high pT_{T}, path-length dependent effects seem to dominate. The J/ψ v2_{2} measurements are further compared to a microscopic transport model calculation. Using a simplified extension of the quark scaling approach involving both light and charm quark flow components, it is shown that the D-meson vn_{n} measurements can be described based on those for charged pions and J/ψ flow.[graphic not available: see fulltext]
Note:
  • Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
  • J/psi(3100): elliptic flow
  • J/psi(3100): triangular flow
  • heavy ion: scattering
  • quark: flow
  • path length: dependence
  • mass: hierarchy
  • rapidity
  • charm
  • transverse momentum