Azimuthal Anisotropy of Heavy-Flavor Decay Electrons in p-Pb Collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV

0503177 - ÚJF 2020 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Acharya, S. - Adamová, Dagmar - Bielčík, J. - Bielčíková, Jana - Broz, M. - Contreras, J. G. - Horák, D. - Křížek, Filip - Kučera, Vít - Kushpil, Svetlana - Lavička, R. - Mareš, Jiří A. - Petráček, V. - Šumbera, Michal - Závada, Petr … Total 1012 authors
Azimuthal Anisotropy of Heavy-Flavor Decay Electrons in p-Pb Collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV.
Physical Review Letters. Roč. 122, č. 7 (2019), č. článku 072301. ISSN 0031-9007. E-ISSN 1079-7114
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) LTT17018
Research Infrastructure: CERN-CZ - 90058
Institutional support: RVO:68378271 ; RVO:61389005
Keywords : ALICE collaboration * heavy ion collisions * LHC
OECD category: Nuclear physics; Particles and field physics (FZU-D)
Impact factor: 8.385, year: 2019
Method of publishing: Open access
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.072301

Angular conclations between heavy-flavor decay electrons and charged particles at midrapidity (vertical bar eta vertical bar < 0.8) are measured in p-Pb collisions at root s(NN) = 5.02 TeV. The analysis is carried out for the 0%-20% (high) and 60%-100% (low) multiplicity ranges. The jet contribution in the correlation distribution from high-multiplicity events is removed by subtracting the distribution from low-multiplicity events. An azimuthal modulation remains after removing the jet contribution, similar to previous observations in two-particle angular correlation measurements for light-flavor hadrons. A Fourier decomposition of the modulation results in a positive second-order coefficient (nu(2)) for heavy-flavor decay electrons in the transverse momentum interval 1.5 < p(T) < 4 GeV/c in high-multiplicity events, with a significance larger than 5 sigma. The results are compared with those of charged particles at midrapidity and those of inclusive muons at forward rapidity. The nu(2) measurement of open heavy-flavor particles at midrapidity in small collision systems could provide crucial information to help interpret the anisotropies observed in such systems.
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