The ellipti
c flow,
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cays at forward rapidity (
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collisions at
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ctor at the LHC. The s
calar produ
ct, two- and four-parti
cle
Q cumulants and Lee–Yang zeros methods are used. The dependen
ce of the
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cays on the
collision
centrality, in the range 0–40%, and on transverse momentum,
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calar produ
ct and two-parti
cle
Q cumulants in semi-
central
collisions (10–20% and 20–40%
centrality
classes) for the
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can
ce larger than 3
σ , based on the
combination of statisti
cal and systemati
c un
certainties. The
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crease towards more
central
collisions and with in
creasing
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comes
compatible with zero in the interval
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compared to models des
cribing the intera
ction of heavy quarks and open heavy-flavour hadrons with the high-density medium formed in high-energy heavy-ion
collisions.