Study of Z production in PbPb and pp collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV in the dimuon and dielectron decay channels
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, sa.3, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2015
- Doi Numarası: 10.1007/jhep03(2015)022
- Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Particle and resonance production, Heavy Ions, Heavy-ion collision, proton-proton scattering
- Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
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.