CMS-PAS-HIN-24-006

CMS-PAS-HIN-24-006
Azimuthal anisotropy of prompt $ \mathrm{D}_\mathrm{s}^{\pm} $ mesons in PbPb collisions at $ \sqrt{\smash[b]{s_{_{\mathrm{NN}}}}} = $ 5.02 TeV
CMS Collaboration
6 April 2025

Abstract: The azimuthal anisotropy of prompt $ \mathrm{D}_\mathrm{s}^{\pm} $ mesons in lead-lead collisions at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV is measured using data obtained with the CMS detector. The dataset corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 0.58 nb$^{-1}$. The $ v_2 $ and $ v_3 $ Fourier coefficients are studied as a function of the $ \mathrm{D}_\mathrm{s}^{\pm} $ transverse momentum ($ p_\mathrm{T} $). The $ v_2 $ coefficient is determined in the range 4 $ < p_\mathrm{T} < $ 40 GeV/$c$ for three event centrality ranges, while the $ v_3 $ coefficient is measured in the range 4 $ < p_\mathrm{T} < $ 20 GeV/$c$ for one event centrality range. The results align with those observed for $ \mathrm{D}^{0} $ mesons, suggesting that the inclusion of a strange quark in the $ \mathrm{D}_\mathrm{s}^{\pm} $ meson has a minimal impact on the flow coefficients when these are compared to the non-strange $ \mathrm{D}^{0} $ meson within the measured $ p_\mathrm{T} $ range of the analysis.
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Figures
png pdf	Figure 1: The elliptic flow ($ v_2 $) and triangular flow ($ v_3 $) extracted from the fit to the $ m_\mathrm{inv} $ distribution for the centrality 10-30% and 6 $ < p_{\mathrm{T}} < $ 8 GeV/$c$.
png pdf	Figure 2: The elliptic, $ v_{2} $ (upper panel), and the triangular, $ v_{3} $ (lower panel), flow coefficients for prompt $ \mathrm{D}_{s}^{\pm} $ and prompt $ \mathrm{D^0} $ (from Ref. [16]) as functions of $ p_{\mathrm{T}} $ and in different bins of centrality. The bars and the boxes represent statistical and systematic uncertainties, respectively.The hatched area shown on top of the ALICE $ v_{2} $ results in the 30-50% centrality bin represents the contribution to the systematic uncertainty of the non-prompt contribution.
png pdf	Figure 2-a: The elliptic, $ v_{2} $ (upper panel), and the triangular, $ v_{3} $ (lower panel), flow coefficients for prompt $ \mathrm{D}_{s}^{\pm} $ and prompt $ \mathrm{D^0} $ (from Ref. [16]) as functions of $ p_{\mathrm{T}} $ and in different bins of centrality. The bars and the boxes represent statistical and systematic uncertainties, respectively.The hatched area shown on top of the ALICE $ v_{2} $ results in the 30-50% centrality bin represents the contribution to the systematic uncertainty of the non-prompt contribution.
png pdf	Figure 2-b: The elliptic, $ v_{2} $ (upper panel), and the triangular, $ v_{3} $ (lower panel), flow coefficients for prompt $ \mathrm{D}_{s}^{\pm} $ and prompt $ \mathrm{D^0} $ (from Ref. [16]) as functions of $ p_{\mathrm{T}} $ and in different bins of centrality. The bars and the boxes represent statistical and systematic uncertainties, respectively.The hatched area shown on top of the ALICE $ v_{2} $ results in the 30-50% centrality bin represents the contribution to the systematic uncertainty of the non-prompt contribution.

Summary

In summary, the elliptic flow $ v_{2} $ and triangular flow $ v_{3} $ coefficients for prompt $ \mathrm{D}_{s}^{\pm} $ mesons in PbPb collisions at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV have been measured using the CMS detector at the CERN LHC. The $ v_{2} $ results for transverse momenta in the range 4 $ < p_{\mathrm{T}} < $ 40 GeV/$c$ are presented in three centrality ranges corresponding to central, mid-central, and peripheral collisions, while the $ v_{3} $ results for transverse momenta in the range 4 $ < p_{\mathrm{T}} < $ 20 GeV/$c$ are presented for mid-central collisions, exploring the full rapidity coverage of the CMS detector. The high precision $ v_{2} $ results exhibit a strong centrality and transverse momentum dependence. A non-zero $ v_{3} $ coefficient is also observed for 4 $ < p_{\mathrm{T}} < $ 10 GeV/$c$, suggesting the influence of initial state geometry fluctuations. The consistency of Fourier coefficients between $ \mathrm{D}_{s}^{\pm} $ and $ \mathrm{D^0} $ mesons suggests that the strangeness content of the $ \mathrm{D}_{s}^{\pm} $ meson does not strongly interact with the enhanced strange quark abundance in the QGP, resulting in no substantial effect on the $ v_{2} $ and $ v_{3} $ measurements across the measured $ p_{\mathrm{T}} $ range.

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