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arXiv 2005.11130nucl-exhep-ex
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$\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 5.02 TeV的Pb-Pb碰撞中Beauty强子衰变的电子椭圆流

Elliptic flow of electrons from beauty-hadron decays in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 5.02 TeV

ALICE Collaboration

摘要:

利用大型强子对撞机(LHC)的ALICE探测器,在$\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 5.02 TeV的Pb-Pb碰撞中,测量了美强子中快度衰变($|y|$ $<$ 0.8)的电子椭圆流.在碰撞中产生的粒子的方位角分布可以用傅立叶展开来参数化,其中二次谐波系数表示椭圆流$v_{\rm 2}$。首次测量了中心度为30- 50%的Beauty强子衰变电子的横向动量($p_{\rm{T}}$)为1.3-6 GeV/ $c$的$v_{\rm 2}$系数。美强子衰变的电子测量利用了它们比粲强子和大多数其他背景源更大的平均固有衰变长度$cτ\approx$ 500 $μ$ m。美强子中快度衰变电子的$v_{\rm 2}$为正,显著性为3.75 $σ$ .这些结果为了解介质中美夸克热化的程度提供了依据。在高$p_{\rm{T}}$下的测量强烈地不利于假设美夸克完全热化的模型,但在低$p_{\rm{T}}$下的测量结果与此一致。输运模型包括美夸克与膨胀的强相互作用介质的实质性相互作用描述了测量。

英文摘要:

The elliptic flow of electrons from beauty hadron decays at midrapidity ($|y|$ $<$ 0.8) is measured in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}$ = 5.02 TeV with the ALICE detector at the LHC. The azimuthal distribution of the particles produced in the collisions can be parameterized with a Fourier expansion, in which the second harmonic coefficient represents the elliptic flow, $v_{\rm 2}$. The $v_{\rm 2}$ coefficient of electrons from beauty-hadron decays is measured for the first time in the transverse momentum ($p_{\rm{T}}$) range 1.3-6 GeV/$c$ in the centrality class 30-50%. The measurement of electrons from beauty-hadron decays exploits their larger mean proper decay length $cτ\approx$ 500 $μ$m compared to that of charm hadrons and most of the other background sources. The $v_{\rm 2}$ of electrons from beauty hadron decays at midrapidity is found to be positive with a significance of 3.75$σ$. The results provide insights on the degree of thermalization of beauty quarks in the medium. A model assuming full thermalization of beauty quarks is strongly disfavoured by the measurement at high $p_{\rm{T}}$, but is in agreement with the results at low $p_{\rm{T}}$. Transport models including substantial interactions of beauty quarks with an expanding strongly-interacting medium describe the measurement.

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