(CMS Collaboration) Sirunyan, Albert M; Brigljević, Vuko; Antunović, Željko; Ferenček, Dinko; Giljanović, Duje; Godinović, Nikola; Kovač, Marko; Lelas, Damir; Majumder, Devdatta; Mesić, Benjamin; Puljak, Ivica; Roguljić, Matej; Starodumov, Andrey; Šuša, Tatjana; Šćulac, Toni; Vetens, Wren (2021) Measurement of prompt D-0 and D-0 meson azimuthal anisotropy and search for strong electric fields in PbPb collisions at root S-NN=5.02 TeV. Physics letters. B, 816 . ISSN 0370-2693
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Abstract
The strong Coulomb field created in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions is expected to produce a rapiditydependent difference (Av2) in the second Fourier coefficient of the azimuthal distribution (elliptic flow, v2) between D0 (uc) and D0 (uc) mesons. Motivated by the search for evidence of this field, the CMS detector at the LHC is used to perform the first measurement of Av2. The rapidity-averaged value is found to be (Av2) = 0.001 ? 0.001 (stat)? 0.003 (syst) in PbPb collisions at ?sNN = 5.02 TeV. In addition, the influence of the collision geometry is explored by measuring the D0 and D0mesons v2 and triangular flow coefficient (v3) as functions of rapidity, transverse momentum (pT), and event centrality (a measure of the overlap of the two Pb nuclei). A clear centrality dependence of prompt D0 meson v2 values is observed, while the v3 is largely independent of centrality. These trends are consistent with expectations of flow driven by the initial-state geometry.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | CMS ; Heavy-flavor ; Charm ; Electromagnetic fields |
| Subjects: | NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics |
| Divisions: | Division of Experimental Physics |
| Depositing User: | Virna Brumnić |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Apr 2022 08:28 |
| URI: | http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/7150 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136253 |
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