D-meson nuclear modification factor and elliptic flow measurements in Pb–Pb collisions at $\sqrt {s_{NN}}$ = 5.02TeV with ALICE at the LHC

ALICE measured the nuclear modification factor ($R_{AA}$) and elliptic flow ($\nu_{2}$) of D mesons ($D^{0}$, $D^{+}$, $D^{⁎+}$ and $D^{s+}$) in semi-central Pb–Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} =5.02$ TeV. The increased amount of data in semi-central Pb–Pb events obtained with the LHC Run 2 provides access to more precise measurements for the $R_{AA}$ and the non-strange D-meson $\nu_{2}$ with respect to Run 1 results, as well as to the first measurement of the $D_{s}$ -meson $\nu_{2}$ at LHC energies. The first application of the Event Shape Engineering technique in the analysis of the $\nu_{2}$ coefficient of $D^{0}$ and $D^{+}$ mesons is also illustrated.