A measurement of the elliptic flow (v_2) of prompt J/ψ mesons in high-multiplicity pPb collisions is reported using data collected by the CMS experiment at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy sqrt(s_NN) =8.16TeV. Prompt J/ψ mesons decaying into two muons are reconstructed in the rapidity region in the nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass frame (y_cm), corresponding to either −2.86 < y_cm < −1.86 or 0.94 < y_cm < 1.94. The average v_2 result from the two rapidity ranges is reported over the transverse momentum (pT) range from 0.2 to 10 GeV. Positive v_2 values are observed for the prompt J/ψ meson, as extracted from long-range two-particle correlations with charged hadrons, for 2 < pT < 8 GeV. The prompt J/ψ results are compared with previous CMS measurements of elliptic flow for open charm mesons (D^0) and strange hadrons. From these measurements, constraints can be obtained on the collective dynamics of charm quarks produced in high-multiplicity events arising from small systems.

Observation of prompt J/ψ meson elliptic flow in high-multiplicity pPb collisions at √s_NN = 8.16 TeV

Ravera F.;Amapane N.;Argiro S.;Bellan R.;Costa M.;Covarelli R.;Kiani B.;Migliore E.;Monaco V.;Monteil E.;Obertino M. M.;Pacher L.;Pinna Angioni G. L.;Romero A.;Sacchi R.;Sola V.;Solano A.;Rumerio P.;
2019-01-01

Abstract

A measurement of the elliptic flow (v_2) of prompt J/ψ mesons in high-multiplicity pPb collisions is reported using data collected by the CMS experiment at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy sqrt(s_NN) =8.16TeV. Prompt J/ψ mesons decaying into two muons are reconstructed in the rapidity region in the nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass frame (y_cm), corresponding to either −2.86 < y_cm < −1.86 or 0.94 < y_cm < 1.94. The average v_2 result from the two rapidity ranges is reported over the transverse momentum (pT) range from 0.2 to 10 GeV. Positive v_2 values are observed for the prompt J/ψ meson, as extracted from long-range two-particle correlations with charged hadrons, for 2 < pT < 8 GeV. The prompt J/ψ results are compared with previous CMS measurements of elliptic flow for open charm mesons (D^0) and strange hadrons. From these measurements, constraints can be obtained on the collective dynamics of charm quarks produced in high-multiplicity events arising from small systems.
2019
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CMS; Correlation; Flow; Heavy flavor; Heavy-ion physics; pPb
Sirunyan A.M.; Tumasyan A.; Adam W.; Ambrogi F.; Asilar E.; Bergauer T.; Brandstetter J.; Dragicevic M.; Ero J.; Escalante Del Valle A.; Flechl M.; Fr...espandi
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