Measurement of heavy flavor production and azimuthal anisotropy in small and large systems with ATLAS

作者：Hu Qipeng; Aaboud M; Aad G; Abbott B; Abdinov O; Abeloos B; Abhayasinghe D K; Abidi S H; AbouZeid O S; Abraham N L; Abramowicz H; Abreu H; Abulaiti Y; Acharya B S; Adachi S; Adam L; Adamczyk L; Adelman J; Adersberger M; Adiguzel A; Adye T; Affolder A A; Afik Y; Agheorghiesei C; Aguilar Saavedra J A; Ahmadov F; Aielli G; Akatsuka S; Akesson T P A; Akilli E; Akimov A V; Alberghi G L; Albert J; Albicocco P; Alconada Verzini M J; Alderweireldt S; Aleksa M; Aleksandrov I N; Alexa C; Alexopoulos T

来源：Nuclear Physics A, 2019, 982: 687-690.

DOI：10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2018.09.028

Heavy-flavor hadron production and collective motion in A+A collisions provide insight into the energy loss mechanism and transport properties of heavy quarks in the QGP. The same measurements in p+A collisions serve as an important baseline for understanding the observations in A+A collisions. For example, detailed studies of heavy-flavor hadron azimuthal anisotropy in p+A collisions may help to address whether the observed long-range "ridge" correlation arises from hard or semi-hard processes, or if it is the result of mechanisms unrelated to the initial hardness scale. These proceedings summarize heavy-flavor hadron production, via their semi-leptonic decay to muons in 2.76 TeV Pb+Pb and pp collisions, non-prompt J/psi in 5.02 TeV Pb+Pb and pp collisions, and prompt D-0 mesons in 8.16 TeV p+Pb collisions using ATLAS detector at the LHC. Azimuthal anisotropy of heavy-flavor hadrons is studied via their decay muons in 2.76 TeV Pb+Pb and 8.16 TeV p+Pb collisions, and via non-prompt J/psi in 5.02 TeV Pb+Pb collisions. Strong suppression of heavy-flavor hadron production and azimuthal anisotropy are observed in Pb+Pb collisions, while significant azimuthal anisotropy of heavy-flavor muons is observed in p+Pb collisions, without evidence of the modification of their production rates.

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  香港科技大学; 香港理工大学; 香港中文大学; 中国地震局; 南京大学; 中国科学院; 上海交通大学; 山东大学; 清华大学; 香港大学