Observation of Z production in proton-lead collisions at LHCb


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Aaij R., Adeva B., Adinolfi M., Affolder A., Ajaltouni Z., Akar S., ...Daha Fazla

Journal of High Energy Physics, cilt.2014, sa.9, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 2014 Sayı: 9
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/jhep09(2014)030
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of High Energy Physics
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Electroweak interaction, Heavy Ions, Heavy-ion collision, Particle and resonance production, Forward physics
  • Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The first observation of Z boson production in proton-lead collisions at a centre-of-mass energy per proton-nucleon pair of √sNN = 5TeV is presented. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 1.6 nb−1collected with the LHCb detector. The Z candidates are reconstructed from pairs of oppositely charged muons with pseudorapidities between 2.0 and 4.5 and transverse momenta above 20 GeV/c. The invariant dimuon mass is restricted to the range 60−120 GeV/c. The Z production cross-section is measured to be in the direction of the proton beam and in the direction of the lead beam, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic.