Measurement of Heavy Flavor Production and Azimuthal Anisotropy in Small and Large Systems with ATLAS

Hu, QipengAaboud, M.Aad, G.Abbott, B.Abdinov, O.Abeloos, B.Abhayasinghe, D. K.Abidi, S. H.Izen, Joseph M.Meirose, BernhardReeves, KendallATLAS Collaboration2020-09-292020-09-292019-020375-9474https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2018.09.028https://hdl.handle.net/10735.1/8952Heavy-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/ψ in 5.02 TeV Pb+Pb and pp collisions, and prompt D⁰ 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/ψ 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.enCC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives)©2018 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS Collaborationhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/HadronsAzimuthal anisotropyLead-lead interactionsProton-proton interactionsJ/ψ (J/psi) mesonProton-lead interactionsMuonsMeasurement of Heavy Flavor Production and Azimuthal Anisotropy in Small and Large Systems with ATLASarticleHu, Qipeng, M. Aaboud, G. Aad, B. Abbott, et al. 2019. "Measurement of heavy flavor production and azimuthal anisotropy in small and large systems with ATLAS." Nuclear Physics A 982: 687-690, doi: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2018.09.028982