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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Hauptverfasser: Aad, Georges (Verfasst von) , Andrei, George Victor (Verfasst von) , Antel, Claire (Verfasst von) , Bolz, Arthur (Verfasst von) , Dunford, Monica (Verfasst von) , Ferreira de Lima, Danilo Enoque (Verfasst von) , Franchino, Silvia (Verfasst von) , Helary, Louis (Verfasst von) , Jongmanns, Jan (Verfasst von) , Klassen, Martin (Verfasst von) , Kolb, Mathis (Verfasst von) , Krishnan, Anjali (Verfasst von) , Kugel, Andreas (Verfasst von) , Napolitano, Fabrizio (Verfasst von) , Ott, Philipp (Verfasst von) , S̜ahinsoy, Merve (Verfasst von) , Schöning, André (Verfasst von) , Schultz-Coulon, Hans-Christian (Verfasst von) , Spieker, Thomas (Verfasst von) , Stamen, Rainer (Verfasst von) , Starovoitov, Pavel (Verfasst von) , Suchek, Stanislav (Verfasst von) , Vigani, Luigi (Verfasst von) , Weber, Sebastian (Verfasst von) , Wessels, Martin (Verfasst von) , Yue, Xiaoguang (Verfasst von)
Körperschaft: ATLAS Collaboration (Verfasst von)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 31 January 2020
In: Physics letters
Year: 2020, Jahrgang: 802
ISSN:1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135262
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135262
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:SNN steht im Titel unter dem Wurzelzeichen, NN ist tiefgestellt
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