J/$\psi$ elliptic and triangular flow in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}$ = 5.02 TeV

Abstract

The inclusive J/$\psi$ elliptic ($v_2$) and triangular ($v_3$) flow coefficients measured at forward rapidity (2.5 $<y<$ 4) and the $v_2$ measured at midrapidity ($|y|<$ 0.9) in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}$ = 5.02 TeV using the ALICE detector at the LHC are reported. The entire Pb-Pb data sample collected during Run 2 is employed, amounting to an integrated luminosity of 750 $\mu$b${}^{-1}$ at forward rapidity and 93 $\mu$b${}^{-1}$ at midrapidity. The results are obtained using the scalar product method and are reported as a function of transverse momentum $p_{\mathrm{T}}$ and collision centrality. At midrapidity, the J/$\psi$ $v_2$ is in agreement with the forward rapidity measurement. The centrality averaged results indicate a positive J/$\psi$ $v_3$ with a significance of more than 5$\sigma$ at forward rapidity in the $p_{\mathrm{T}}$ range $2<p_{\mathrm{T}}<5$ GeV/$c$. The forward rapidity $v_2$, $v_3$, and $v_3$/$v_2$ results at low and intermediate $p_{\mathrm{T}}$ ($p_{\mathrm{T}}\lesssim 8$ GeV/$c$) exhibit a mass hierarchy when compared to pions and D mesons, while converging into a species-independent curve at higher $p_{\mathrm{T}}$. At low and intermediate $p_{\mathrm{T}}$, the results could be interpreted in terms of a later thermalization of charm quarks compared to light quarks, while at high $p_{\mathrm{T}}$, path-length dependent effects seem to dominate. The J/$\psi$ $v_2$ measurements are further compared to a microscopic transport model calculation. Using a simplified extension of the quark scaling approach involving both light and charm quark flow components, it is shown that the D-meson $v_{\mathrm{n}}$ measurements can be described based on those for charged pions and J/$\psi$ flow.

27 pages, 7 captioned figures, 2 tables, authors from page 22, published version, figures at http://alice-publications.web.cern.ch/node/6294

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