W and Z boson production in p-Pb collisions at TeV √<i>s</i><sub>NN</sub>=5.02 TeV



Adam, J, Adamova, D, Aggarwal, MM, Rinella, G Aglieri, Agnello, M, Agrawal, N, Ahammed, Z, Ahmad, S, Ahn, SU, Aiola, S
et al (show 999 more authors) (2017) W and Z boson production in p-Pb collisions at TeV √<i>s</i><sub>NN</sub>=5.02 TeV. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2017 (2). 77-.

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Abstract

The W and Z boson production was measured via the muonic decay channel in proton-lead collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider with the ALICE detector. The measurement covers backward (−4.46 < ycms < −2.96) and forward (2.03 < ycms < 3.53) rapidity regions, corresponding to Pb-going and p-going directions, respectively. The Z-boson production cross section, with dimuon invariant mass of 60 < mμμ < 120 GeV/c2 and muon transverse momentum (pTμ) larger than 20 GeV/c, is measured. The production cross section and charge asymmetry of muons from W-boson decays with pTμ > 10 GeV/c are determined. The results are compared to theoretical calculations both with and without including the nuclear modification of the parton distribution functions. The W-boson production is also studied as a function of the collision centrality: the cross section of muons from W-boson decays is found to scale with the average number of binary nucleon-nucleon collisions within uncertainties.[Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Heavy Ion Experiments
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 16 Mar 2017 11:13
Last Modified: 14 Mar 2024 21:08
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP02(2017)077
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3006434