Measurement of Z Boson Production in Pb-Pb Collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV with the ATLAS Detector
The ATLAS experiment has observed 1995 Z boson candidates in data corresponding to 0.15 nb[superscript -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...
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| author | Taylor, Frank E. |
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| description | The ATLAS experiment has observed 1995 Z boson candidates in data corresponding to 0.15 nb[superscript -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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| spelling | mit-1721.1/771722022-10-01T16:36:49Z Measurement of Z Boson Production in Pb-Pb Collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV with the ATLAS Detector Taylor, Frank E. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Taylor, Frank E. The ATLAS experiment has observed 1995 Z boson candidates in data corresponding to 0.15 nb[superscript -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. Brookhaven National Laboratory United States. Dept. of Energy National Science Foundation (U.S.) 2013-02-21T14:30:40Z 2013-02-21T14:30:40Z 2013-01 2012-10 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0031-9007 1079-7114 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77172 Aad, G. et al. “Measurement of Z Boson Production in Pb-Pb Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=2.76 TeV with the ATLAS Detector.” Physical Review Letters 110.2 (2013). © 2013 CERN, for the ATLAS Collaboration https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7586-7253 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.022301 Physical Review Letters Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ application/pdf American Physical Society APS |
| spellingShingle | Taylor, Frank E. Measurement of Z Boson Production in Pb-Pb Collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV with the ATLAS Detector |
| title | Measurement of Z Boson Production in Pb-Pb Collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV with the ATLAS Detector |
| title_full | Measurement of Z Boson Production in Pb-Pb Collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV with the ATLAS Detector |
| title_fullStr | Measurement of Z Boson Production in Pb-Pb Collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV with the ATLAS Detector |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measurement of Z Boson Production in Pb-Pb Collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV with the ATLAS Detector |
| title_short | Measurement of Z Boson Production in Pb-Pb Collisions at √sNN=2.76 TeV with the ATLAS Detector |
| title_sort | measurement of z boson production in pb pb collisions at √snn 2 76 tev with the atlas detector |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77172 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7586-7253 |
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