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Z boson production in Pb plus Pb collisions at √SNN=5.02 TeV measured by the ATLAS experiment

The production yield of Z bosons is measured in the electron and muon decay channels in Pb+Pb collisions at /S-NN = 5.02 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Data from the 2015 LHC run corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.49 nb(-1) are used for the analysis. The Z boson yield, normalised by the to...

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Main Authors: Aad, Georges (Author) , Andrei, George Victor (Author) , Antel, Claire (Author) , Bolz, Arthur (Author) , Dunford, Monica (Author) , Ferreira de Lima, Danilo Enoque (Author) , Franchino, Silvia (Author) , Helary, Louis (Author) , Jongmanns, Jan (Author) , Klassen, Martin (Author) , Kolb, Mathis (Author) , Krishnan, Anjali (Author) , Kugel, Andreas (Author) , Napolitano, Fabrizio (Author) , Ott, Philipp (Author) , S̜ahinsoy, Merve (Author) , Schöning, André (Author) , Schultz-Coulon, Hans-Christian (Author) , Spieker, Thomas (Author) , Stamen, Rainer (Author) , Starovoitov, Pavel (Author) , Suchek, Stanislav (Author) , Vigani, Luigi (Author) , Weber, Sebastian (Author) , Wessels, Martin (Author) , Yue, Xiaoguang (Author)
Corporate Author: ATLAS Collaboration (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 31 January 2020
In: Physics letters
Year: 2020, Volume: 802
ISSN:1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135262
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135262
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Summary:The production yield of Z bosons is measured in the electron and muon decay channels in Pb+Pb collisions at /S-NN = 5.02 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Data from the 2015 LHC run corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.49 nb(-1) are used for the analysis. The Z boson yield, normalised by the total number of minimum-bias events and the mean nuclear thickness function, is measured as a function of dilepton rapidity and event centrality. The measurements in Pb+Pb collisions are compared with similar measurements made in proton-proton collisions at the same centre-of-mass energy. The nuclear modification factor is found to be consistent with unity for all centrality intervals. The results are compared with theoretical predictions obtained at next-to-leading order using nucleon and nuclear parton distribution functions. The normalised Z boson yields in Pb+Pb collisions lie 1-3a above the predictions. The nuclear modification factor measured as a function of rapidity agrees with unity and is consistent with a next-to-leading-order QCD calculation including the isospin effect. (C) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.
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ATLAS Collaboration: G. Aad, V. Andrei, C. Antel, A.E. Bolz, M. Dunford, D.E. Ferreira de Lima, S. Franchino, L. Helary, J. Jongmanns, M. Klassen, A. Krishnan, A. Kugel, F. Napolitano, P.S. Ott, M. Sahinsoy, A. Schoening, H.-C. Schultz-Coulon, T.M. Spieker, R. Stamen, P. Starovoitov, S. Suchek, L. Vigani, S.M. Weber, M. Wessels, X. Yue und 2900 weitere
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ISSN:1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135262

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