Department
Physics and Astronomy
Document Type
Article
DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2016.05.044
Publication Date
1-1-2018
Abstract
The production of Z bosons in pPb collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV is studied by the CMS experiment via the electron and muon decay channels. The inclusive cross section is compared to pp collision predictions, and found to scale with the number of elementary nucleon–nucleon collisions. The differential cross sections as a function of the Z boson rapidity and transverse momentum are measured. Though they are found to be consistent within uncertainty with theoretical predictions both with and without nuclear effects, the forward–backward asymmetry suggests the presence of nuclear effects at large rapidities. These results provide new data for constraining nuclear parton distribution functions.
Relational Format
journal article
Recommended Citation
Collaboration, CMS; Acosta, J. G.; and Oliveros, S., "Study of Z boson production in pPb collisions at" (2018). Faculty and Student Publications (Open Access). 142.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/facpubs/142
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