ATLAS collaboration (2924 authors)Aguilar Saavedra, Juan AntonioAmor Dos Santos, Susana PatriciaAraque Espinosa, Juan PedroCastro, Nuno FilipeConde Muino, PatriciaDa Cunha Sargedas De Sousa, Mario JoseDias DO Vale, TiagoFaisca Rodrigues Pereira, Rui MiguelFiolhais, MiguelGalhardo, BrunoGomes, AgostinhoGoncalo, RicardoJorge, PedroMachado Miguens, JoanaMaio, AmeliaManeira, JoseMendes Gouveia, Emanuel DemetrioOleiro Seabra, Luis FilipeOnofre, AntonioCosta Batalha Pedro, RutePereira Peixoto, Ana PaulaSantos, HelenaSaraiva, JoaoSilva, Jose ManuelTavares Delgado, AdemarVeloso, FilipeWolters, Helmut2019-02-052019-02-052018-09-27http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6243-9http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/27681The elliptic flow of prompt and non-prompt $J/\psi $ was measured in the dimuon decay channel in Pb+Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_\text {NN}}}=5.02$   $\text {TeV}$ with an integrated luminosity of $0.42~\mathrm {nb}^{-1}$ with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The prompt and non-prompt signals are separated using a two-dimensional simultaneous fit of the invariant mass and pseudo-proper decay time of the dimuon system from the $J/\psi $ decay. The measurement is performed in the kinematic range of dimuon transverse momentum and rapidity $9<p_\mathrm {T}<30$   $\text {GeV}$ , $|y|<2$ , and 0–60% collision centrality. The elliptic flow coefficient, $v_2$ , is evaluated relative to the event plane and the results are presented as a function of transverse momentum, rapidity and centrality. It is found that prompt and non-prompt $J/\psi $ mesons have non-zero elliptic flow. Prompt $J/\psi $ $v_2$ decreases as a function of $p_\mathrm {T}$ , while for non-prompt $J/\psi $ it is, with limited statistical significance, consistent with a flat behaviour over the studied kinematic region. There is no observed dependence on rapidity or centrality.engjournal article2019-02-05