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Elliptic flow of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays at mid-rapidity in Pb-Pb collisions at sqrt(sNN)=2.76 TeVстатья
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- Авторы: Malinina L., ALICE Collaboration
- Журнал: Journal of High Energy Physics
- Номер: 1609
- Год издания: 2016
- Издательство: IOP Publishing
- Местоположение издательства: [Bristol, UK], England
- Первая страница: 028
- DOI: 10.1007/JHEP09(2016)028
- Аннотация: The elliptic flow of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays at mid-rapidity (|y| < 0.7) is measured in Pb-Pb collisions at sNN−−−√=2.76 TeV with ALICE at the LHC. The particle azimuthal distribution with respect to the reaction plane can be parametrized with a Fourier expansion, where the second coefficient (v2) represents the elliptic flow. The v2 coefficient of inclusive electrons is measured in three centrality classes (0–10%, 10–20% and 20–40%) with the event plane and the scalar product methods in the transverse momentum (pT) intervals 0.5–13 GeV/c and 0.5–8 GeV/c, respectively. After subtracting the background, mainly from photon conversions and Dalitz decays of neutral mesons, a positive v2 of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays is observed in all centrality classes, with a maximum significance of 5.9σ in the interval 2 < pT < 2.5 GeV/c in semi-central collisions (20–40%). The value of v2 decreases towards more central collisions at low and intermediate pT (0.5 < pT < 3 GeV/c). The v2 of electrons from heavy-flavour hadron decays at mid-rapidity is found to be similar to the one of muons from heavy-flavour hadron decays at forward rapidity (2.5 < y < 4). The results are described within uncertainties by model calculations including substantial elastic interactions of heavy quarks with an expanding strongly-interacting medium.
- Добавил в систему: Малинина Людмила Владимировна