Measurement of Azimuthal Correlations of Heavy-Flavour Hadron Decay Electrons with Charged Particles in P–Pb and Pb–Pb Collisions at $$\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}} = 5.02$$ TeV with ALICE at the LHC

Abstract

The ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment) apparatus at the LHC is designed to study the properties of QGP (Quark-Gluon Plasma), a deconfined state of quarks and gluons produced in heavy-ion collisions. The study of angular correlations between the heavy-flavour hadron decay electrons and charged particles can offer information about potential heavy-flavour jet quenching in the QGP. It also provides information about any possible medium-induced modification of heavy-quark fragmentation and hadronization. In these proceeding, the measurement of azimuthal correlations between high-pT heavy-flavour hadron decay electrons and charged particles in Pb–Pb collisions at \(\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}} = 5.02\) TeV will be presented. A comparison of the results measured in p–Pb collisions at \(\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}} = 5.02\) TeV using LHC Run 2 data will also be shown.