Measurement of Z Boson Production in Pb-Pb Collisions at sNN−−−−√=2.76 TeV with the ATLAS Detector

UNSPECIFIED (2013) Measurement of Z Boson Production in Pb-Pb Collisions at sNN−−−−√=2.76 TeV with the ATLAS Detector. Physical review letters, 110 (2): 022301. ISSN 1079-7114

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Abstract

The ATLAS experiment has observed 1995 Z boson candidates in data corresponding to 0.15 nb−1 of integrated luminosity obtained in the 2011 LHC Pb+Pb run at sNN−−−−√=2.76 TeV. The Z bosons are reconstructed via dielectron and dimuon decay channels, with a background contamination of less than 3%. Results from the two channels are consistent and are combined. Within the statistical and systematic uncertainties, the per-event Z boson yield is proportional to the number of binary collisions estimated by the Glauber model. The elliptic anisotropy of the azimuthal distribution of the Z boson with respect to the event plane is found to be consistent with zero.

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Journal Article

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Physical review letters

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Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article’s title, journal citation, and DOI. © 2013 CERN, for the ATLAS Collaboration

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/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3100/3100

Subjects:

?? general physics and astronomyphysics and astronomy(all) ??

Departments:

Faculty of Science and Technology > Physics

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67963

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ep_importer_pure

Deposited On:

10 Dec 2013 16:26

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Yes

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Published

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16 Jul 2024 09:30

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https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/67963