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Elliptic flow of charm and strange hadrons in high-multiplicity pPb collisions at $ {\sqrt {\smash [b]{s_{_{\mathrm {NN}}}}}} = $ 8.16 TeV
Phys. Rev. Lett. 121 (2018) 082301
Abstract: The elliptic azimuthal anisotropy coefficient ($v_2$) is measured for charm ($ {\mathrm{D^0}} $) and strange ($ {\mathrm{K^0_S}} $, $ \Lambda $, $ \Xi^-$, and $ \Omega^-$) hadrons, using a data sample of pPb collisions collected by the CMS experiment, at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy ${\sqrt {\smash [b]{s_{_{\mathrm {NN}}}}}} = $ 8.16 TeV. A significant positive $v_2$ signal from long-range azimuthal correlations is observed for all particle species in high-multiplicity pPb collisions. The measurement represents the first observation of possible long-range collectivity for open heavy flavor hadrons in small systems. The results suggest that charm quarks have a smaller $v_2$ than the lighter quarks, probably reflecting a weaker collective behavior. This effect is not seen in the larger PbPb collision system at ${\sqrt {\smash [b]{s_{_{\mathrm {NN}}}}}} = $ 5.02 TeV, also presented.
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Figure 1:
Example of the simultaneous fit to the invariant mass spectrum and $v_{2}^{S+B}(m_{\text {inv}})$ in the $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} $ interval 4.2-5.0 GeV for events with $185 \leq {N_\text {trk}^\text {offline}} < 250$.

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Figure 2:
Results of elliptic flow ($v_2$) for $ {\mathrm {D^0}} $ mesons, as well as ${\mathrm {K^0_S}}$, $ \Lambda $, ${\Xi ^{-}}$, and ${\Omega ^-}$ particles, as functions of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} $ in the multiplicity range 185 $ \leq {N_\text {trk}^\text {offline}} < $ 250 in pPb collisions at $ {\sqrt {\smash [b]{s_{_{\mathrm {NN}}}}}} = $ 8.16 TeV. The error bars correspond to statistical uncertainties, while the shaded areas denote the systematic uncertainties.

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Figure 3:
Upper: the ${v_{2}^\text {sub}}$ results for prompt $ {\mathrm {D^0}} $ meson, as well as for strange hadrons, as functions of $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} $ in pPb collisions at $ {\sqrt {\smash [b]{s_{_{\mathrm {NN}}}}}} = $ 8.16 TeV with 185 $ \leq {N_\text {trk}^\text {offline}} < $ 250 (left) and PbPb collisions at $ {\sqrt {\smash [b]{s_{_{\mathrm {NN}}}}}} = $ 5.02 TeV with centrality between 30 and 50% (right). Lower: the $n_ {\mathrm {q}}$-scaled ${v_{2}^\text {sub}}$ results. The $ {\mathrm {D^0}} $ $v_2$ data in PbPb are taken from Ref. [43]. The error bars correspond to statistical uncertainties, while the shaded areas denote the systematic uncertainties.
Summary
In summary, the first measurements of elliptic azimuthal anisotropies for prompt $ {\mathrm{D^0}} $ mesons, as well as $ {\mathrm{K^0_S}} $, $ \Lambda $, $ \Xi^-$, $ \Omega^-$ hadrons, in high-multiplicity pPb collisions at $ {\sqrt {\smash [b]{s_{_{\mathrm {NN}}}}}} = $ 8.16 TeV are presented. Significant positive $v_2$ values are observed for $ {\mathrm{D^0}} $ mesons with ${p_{\mathrm {T}}} > $ 2 GeV. Comparing to strange-hadron results, the $ {\mathrm{D^0}} $ $v_2$ values are found to be smaller at a given $ {p_{\mathrm {T}}} $, or at similar transverse kinetic energy per constituent quark, after normalizing $v_2$ by the number of constituent quarks. The latter effect is not observed in the larger PbPb collision system. It shows that, in high-multiplicity pPb collisions, in contrast to larger nucleus-nucleus collision systems, the collective behavior of charm quarks is weaker than that of the light-flavor quarks.
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