The elli
ptic flow,
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muons fro
m heavy-flavour hadron decays at forward ra
pidity (
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measured in Pb–Pb collisions at
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product, two- and four-
particle
m>Q m> cu
mulants and Lee–Yang zeros
methods are used. The de
pendence of the
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muons fro
m heavy-flavour hadron decays on the collision centrality, in the range 0–40%, and on transverse
mo
mentu
m,
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positive
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product and two-
particle
m>Q m> cu
mulants in se
mi-central collisions (10–20% and 20–40% centrality classes) for the
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m 3 to about
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m>σ m>, based on the co
mbination of statistical and syste
matic uncertainties. The
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magnitude tends to decrease towards
more central collisions and with increasing
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mes co
mpatible with zero in the interval
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mpared to
models describing the interaction of heavy quarks and o
pen heavy-flavour hadrons with the high-density
mediu
m for
med in high-energy heavy-ion collisions.