Probing collective behaviour of Heavy Quarks through $p_T$-differential radial flow $v_0(p_T)$

Abstract

We discuss the $p_T$-differential radial flow $v_0(p_T)$ of charmed hadrons within a Langevin dynamics coupled to relativistic Boltzmann transport approach in an event-by-event basis. We propose heavy flavour $v_0(p_T)$ as a novel observable to probe the strength of the interaction of heavy quarks with the expanding Quark-Gluon Plasma. By comparing different temperature dependence for the spatial diffusion coefficient $D_s(T)$ we show that the $v_0(p_T)$ keep a strong sensitivity to the heavy-quark transport coefficients at intermediate $p_T$. At low $p_T$, the observable is also sensitive to hadronization where we observe a larger $v_0(p_T)$ for ${\Lambda }_c$ baryons than for $D$ mesons.

Comments: 4 pages, 3 figure, conference proceedings (SQM2026)