The production of Z bosons is studied in the dimuon and dielectron decay channels in PbPb and pp collisions at root s(NN) = 2.76TeV, using data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC. The PbPb data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of about 166 mu b(-1), while the pp data sample collected in 2013 at the same nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass energy has an integrated luminosity of 5.4 pb(-1). The Z boson yield is measured as a function of rapidity, transverse momentum, and collision centrality. The ratio of PbPb to pp yields, scaled by the number of inelastic nucleon-nucleon collisions, is found to be 1.06 +/- 0.05 (stat) +/- 0.08 (syst) in the dimuon channel and 1.02 +/- 0.08 (stat) +/- 0.15 (syst) in the dielectron channel, for centrality-integrated Z boson production. This binary collision scaling is seen to hold in the entire kinematic region studied, as expected for a colourless probe that is unaffected by the hot and dense QCD medium produced in heavy ion collisions.

Study of Z production in PbPb and pp collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV in the dimuon and dielectron decay channels / Chatrchyan, S., Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A.M., Adam, W., Bergauer, T., Dragicevic, M., Eroe, J., Fabjan, C., Friedl, M., Fruehwirth, R., Ghete, V.M., Hartl, C., Hoermann, N., Hrubec, J., Jeitler, M., Kiesenhofer, W., Knuenz, V., Krammer, M., Kraetschmer, I., Liko, D., et al.. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1029-8479. - 3(2015). [10.1007/JHEP03(2015)022]

Study of Z production in PbPb and pp collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV in the dimuon and dielectron decay channels

MARZOCCHI, BADDER;BARONE, Luciano Maria;DEL RE, Daniele;LONGO, Egidio;MARGAROLI, Fabrizio;ORGANTINI, Giovanni;PARAMATTI, Riccardo;RAHATLOU, SHAHRAM;SANTANASTASIO, FRANCESCO;
2015

Abstract

The production of Z bosons is studied in the dimuon and dielectron decay channels in PbPb and pp collisions at root s(NN) = 2.76TeV, using data collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC. The PbPb data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of about 166 mu b(-1), while the pp data sample collected in 2013 at the same nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass energy has an integrated luminosity of 5.4 pb(-1). The Z boson yield is measured as a function of rapidity, transverse momentum, and collision centrality. The ratio of PbPb to pp yields, scaled by the number of inelastic nucleon-nucleon collisions, is found to be 1.06 +/- 0.05 (stat) +/- 0.08 (syst) in the dimuon channel and 1.02 +/- 0.08 (stat) +/- 0.15 (syst) in the dielectron channel, for centrality-integrated Z boson production. This binary collision scaling is seen to hold in the entire kinematic region studied, as expected for a colourless probe that is unaffected by the hot and dense QCD medium produced in heavy ion collisions.
2015
Particle and resonance production; heavy ions; heavy-ion collision;; proton-proton scattering; boson production; w-boson; collider
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Study of Z production in PbPb and pp collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV in the dimuon and dielectron decay channels / Chatrchyan, S., Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A.M., Adam, W., Bergauer, T., Dragicevic, M., Eroe, J., Fabjan, C., Friedl, M., Fruehwirth, R., Ghete, V.M., Hartl, C., Hoermann, N., Hrubec, J., Jeitler, M., Kiesenhofer, W., Knuenz, V., Krammer, M., Kraetschmer, I., Liko, D., et al.. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1029-8479. - 3(2015). [10.1007/JHEP03(2015)022]
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