Z boson production in p+Pb collisions measured by the ATLAS experiment

ATLAS Collaboration

doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2014.10.004

Z boson production in p+Pb collisions measured by the ATLAS experiment

ATLAS Collaboration

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The measurement of Z bosons in heavy ion collisions is an excellent tool for probing the nucleus at the partonic level. The inclusive yield provides a stringent test of binary collision scaling. Recent ATLAS results demonstrate such scaling in Pb+Pb collisions. The 2013 p+Pb physics run at the LHC providing more than 30 nb^-1 of collisions at an energy of √sNN=5.02TeV has made a detailed study of Z boson production in proton+nucleus interactions possible for the first time. These data may confirm binary scaling in the p+Pb system and help to clarify the present ambiguity of centrality classifications in proton+nucleus collisions. Furthermore, the momentum and rapidity differential yields of Z bosons allow the detection of modification of the initial state present in such collisions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	617-621
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nuclear Physics A
Volume	931
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2014.10.004
State	Published - 1 Nov 2014
Externally published	Yes

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ATLAS
P+Pb
Z bosons

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Z boson production in p+Pb collisions measured by the ATLAS experiment

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