Measurements of the azimuthal anisotropy of prompt and nonprompt charmonia in PbPb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV

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Abstract

The second-order (v 2) and third-order (v 3) Fourier coefficients describing the azimuthal anisotropy of prompt and nonprompt (from b-hadron decays) J/ψ, as well as prompt ψ(2S) mesons are measured in lead-lead collisions at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of sNN = 5.02 TeV. The analysis uses a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.61 nb −1 recorded with the CMS detector. The J/ψ and ψ(2S) mesons are reconstructed using their dimuon decay channel. The v 2 and v 3 coefficients are extracted using the scalar product method and studied as functions of meson transverse momentum and collision centrality. The measured v 2 values for prompt J/ψ mesons are found to be larger than those for nonprompt J/ψ mesons. The prompt J/ψ v 2 values at high p T are found to be underpredicted by a model incorporating only parton energy loss effects in a quark-gluon plasma medium. Prompt and nonprompt J/ψ meson v 3 and prompt ψ(2S) v 2 and v 3 values are also reported for the first time, providing new information about heavy quark interactions in the hot and dense medium created in heavy ion collisions. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number115
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2023
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2023

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Keywords

  • Charm Physics
  • Collective Flow
  • Heavy Ion Experiments
  • Quarkonium

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