Abstract (data abstract)

The production yield and angular anisotropy of prompt $\mathrm{D_s^+}$ mesons were measured as a function of transverse momentum ($p_\mathrm{T}$) in Pb-Pb collisions at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}}=5.02~\mathrm{TeV}$ collected with the ALICE detector at the LHC. $\mathrm{D_s^+}$ mesons and their charge conjugates were reconstructed at midrapidity ($|y|<0.5$) from their hadronic decay channel $\mathrm{D_s^+\to \phi\pi^+}$, with $\mathrm{\phi\to K^-K^+}$, in the transverse momentum intervals $2<p_\mathrm{T}<50~\mathrm{GeV}/c$ and $2<p_\mathrm{T}<36~\mathrm{GeV}/c$ for the 0-10% and 30-50% centrality intervals, respectively. For $p_\mathrm{T}>10~\mathrm{GeV}/c$, the measured $\mathrm{D_s^+}$-meson nuclear modification factor $R_\mathrm{AA}$ is consistent with the one of non-strange D mesons within uncertainties, while at lower $p_\mathrm{T}$ a hint for a $\mathrm{D_s^+}$-meson $R_\mathrm{AA}$ larger than that of non-strange D mesons is seen. The enhanced production of $\mathrm{D_s^+}$ relative to non-strange D mesons is also studied by comparing the $p_\mathrm{T}$-dependent $\mathrm{D_s^+}/\mathrm{D^0}$ production yield ratios in Pb-Pb and in pp collisions. The $\mathrm{D_s^+}/\mathrm{D^0}$ ratio measured in Pb-Pb collisions is found to be on average higher than that in pp collisions in the transverse-momentum interval $2<p_\mathrm{T}<8~\mathrm{GeV}/c$ with a significance of $2.3\sigma$ and $2.4\sigma$ for the 0-10% and 30-50% centrality intervals, respectively. The azimuthal anisotropy coefficient $v_2$ of prompt $\mathrm{D_s^+}$ mesons was measured in Pb-Pb collisions in the 30-50% centrality interval and it is found to be compatible with that of non-strange D mesons. The main features of the measured $R_\mathrm{AA}$, $\mathrm{D_s^+}/\mathrm{D^0}$ ratio, and $v_2$ as a function of $p_\mathrm{T}$ are described by theoretical calculations of charm-quark transport in a hydrodynamically expanding quark-gluon plasma including hadronisation via charm-quark recombination with light quarks from the medium. The $p_\mathrm{T}$-integrated production yield of $\mathrm{D_s^+}$ mesons is compatible with the prediction of the statistical hadronisation model.

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Data from Figure 3 (red crosses)

10.17182/hepdata.127980.v1/t1

$p_\mathrm{T}$-differential production yield of prompt $\mathrm{D_s^+}$ mesons in the 0-10% centrality class in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{{s_\mathrm{NN}}}=5.02~\mathrm{{TeV}}$ in the rapidity...
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Data from Figure 3 (orange diamonds)

10.17182/hepdata.127980.v1/t2

$p_\mathrm{T}$-differential production yield of prompt $\mathrm{D_s^+}$ mesons in the 30-50% centrality class in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{{s_\mathrm{NN}}}=5.02~\mathrm{{TeV}}$ in the rapidity...
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Data from Figure 4, left panel (red crosses)

10.17182/hepdata.127980.v1/t3

$p_\mathrm{T}$-differential nuclear modification factor $R_\mathrm{AA}$ of prompt $\mathrm{D_s^+}$ mesons in the 0-10% centrality class in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{{s_\mathrm{NN}}}=5.02~\mathrm{{TeV}}$ in...
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Data from Figure 4, right panel (orange diamonds)

10.17182/hepdata.127980.v1/t4

$p_\mathrm{T}$-differential nuclear modification factor $R_\mathrm{AA}$ of prompt $\mathrm{D_s^+}$ mesons in the 30-50% centrality class in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{{s_\mathrm{NN}}}=5.02~\mathrm{{TeV}}$ in...
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Data from Figure 6, top left panel (red crosses)

10.17182/hepdata.127980.v1/t5

$p_\mathrm{{T}}$-differential production ratios of prompt $\mathrm{D}_s^+/\mathrm{D}^0$ mesons in the 0-10% centrality class in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{{s_\mathrm{NN}}}=5.02~\mathrm{{TeV}}$ in the rapidity...
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Data from Figure 6, top middle panel (orange diamonds)

10.17182/hepdata.127980.v1/t6

$p_\mathrm{{T}}$-differential production ratios of prompt $\mathrm{D}_s^+/\mathrm{D}^0$ mesons in the 30-50% centrality class in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{{s_\mathrm{NN}}}=5.02~\mathrm{{TeV}}$ in the rapidity...
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Data from Figure 6, bot left panel (red crosses)

10.17182/hepdata.127980.v1/t7

$p_\mathrm{{T}}$-differential prompt $\mathrm{D}_s^+/\mathrm{D}^0$ ratios in Pb-Pb collisions in the 0-10% centrality class at $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}}=5.02~\mathrm{TeV}$ divided by those in pp collisions...
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Data from Figure 6, bot middle panel (orange diamonds)

10.17182/hepdata.127980.v1/t8

$p_\mathrm{{T}}$-differential prompt $\mathrm{D}_s^+/\mathrm{D}^0$ ratios in Pb-Pb collisions in the 30-50% centrality class at $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{NN}}=5.02~\mathrm{TeV}$ divided by those in pp collisions...
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Data from Figure 7 (orange diamonds)

10.17182/hepdata.127980.v1/t9

$p_\mathrm{T}$-differential elliptic flow coefficient $v_2$ of prompt $\mathrm{D_s^+}$ mesons in the 30-50% centrality class in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{{s_\mathrm{NN}}}=5.02~\mathrm{{TeV}}$.

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