Related paper First measurement of D$^{*+}$ vector spin alignment in Pb-Pb collisions at $\mathbf{\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 5.02}$ TeV Invariant-mass distributions $\Delta M$ of \Dstar candidates with $4\pt6 \GeV/c$ and $0.0|\cost|0.2$ (left panel), and with $15\pt30 \GeV/c$ and $0.8|\cost|1.0$ (right panel) in the rapidity interval $0.3|y|0.8$ for the 30--50\% centrality class. [png] [pdf] [eps]