Measurement of $$W^\pm $$W± boson production in Pb+Pb collisions at $$\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}} = 5.02~\text {Te}\text {V}$$sNN=5.02Te with the ATLAS detector



Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abbott, DC, Abud, A Abed, Abeling, K, Abhayasinghe, DK, Abidi, SH, AbouZeid, OS, Abraham, NL, Abramowicz, H
et al (show 2923 more authors) (2019) Measurement of $$W^\pm $$W± boson production in Pb+Pb collisions at $$\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}} = 5.02~\text {Te}\text {V}$$sNN=5.02Te with the ATLAS detector. The European Physical Journal C, 79 (11).

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Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>A measurement of <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$W^\pm $$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msup><mml:mi>W</mml:mi><mml:mo>±</mml:mo></mml:msup></mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> boson production in Pb+Pb collisions at <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$\sqrt{s_\mathrm {NN}} = 5.02~\text {Te}\text {V}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:msqrt><mml:msub><mml:mi>s</mml:mi><mml:mi>NN</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:msqrt><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>5.02</mml:mn><mml:mspace /><mml:mrow><mml:mtext>Te</mml:mtext><mml:mspace /></mml:mrow></mml:mrow></mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> is reported using data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in 2015, corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$0.49\;\mathrm {nb^{-1}}$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mn>0.49</mml:mn><mml:mspace /><mml:msup><mml:mi>nb</mml:mi><mml:mrow><mml:mo>-</mml:mo><mml:mn>1</mml:mn></mml:mrow></mml:msup></mml:mrow></mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula>. The <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$W^\pm $$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msup><mml:mi>W</mml:mi><mml:mo>±</mml:mo></mml:msup></mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> bosons are reconstructed in the electron or muon leptonic decay channels. Production yields of leptonically decaying <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$W^\pm $$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msup><mml:mi>W</mml:mi><mml:mo>±</mml:mo></mml:msup></mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> bosons, normalised by the total number of minimum-bias events and the nuclear thickness function, are measured within a fiducial region defined by the detector acceptance and the main kinematic requirements. These normalised yields are measured separately for <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$W^+$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msup><mml:mi>W</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:msup></mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> and <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$W^-$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msup><mml:mi>W</mml:mi><mml:mo>-</mml:mo></mml:msup></mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> bosons, and are presented as a function of the absolute value of pseudorapidity of the charged lepton and of the collision centrality. The lepton charge asymmetry is also measured as a function of the absolute value of lepton pseudorapidity. In addition, nuclear modification factors are calculated using the <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$W^\pm $$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msup><mml:mi>W</mml:mi><mml:mo>±</mml:mo></mml:msup></mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> boson production cross-sections measured in <jats:italic>pp</jats:italic> collisions. The results are compared with predictions based on next-to-leading-order calculations with CT14 parton distribution functions as well as with predictions obtained with the EPPS16 and nCTEQ15 nuclear parton distribution functions. No dependence of normalised production yields on centrality and a good agreement with predictions are observed for mid-central and central collisions. For peripheral collisions, the data agree with predictions within 1.7 (0.9) standard deviations for <jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$W^-$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msup><mml:mi>W</mml:mi><mml:mo>-</mml:mo></mml:msup></mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula> (<jats:inline-formula><jats:alternatives><jats:tex-math>$$W^+$$</jats:tex-math><mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msup><mml:mi>W</mml:mi><mml:mo>+</mml:mo></mml:msup></mml:math></jats:alternatives></jats:inline-formula>) bosons.</jats:p>

Item Type: Article
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 02 Dec 2019 09:47
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 00:18
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7439-3
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