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. ?????? 2013 CERN.
Measurement of Z boson production in Pb-Pb collisions at ?????????s NN=2.76 TeV with the ATLAS detector / Aad, G.; Aloisio, Alberto; Alviggi, Mariagrazia; Canale, Vincenzo; Cevenini, Francesco; Chiefari, Giovanni; DELLA VOLPE, Domenico; Merola, Leonardo; Patricelli, Sergio; Conventi, Francesco; DELLA PIETRA, Massimo; Giordano, Raffaele; Musto, Elisa; Rossi, Elvira; SANCHEZ PINEDA, ARTURO RODOLFO; Carlino, Gianpaolo; de Asmundis, Riccardo; Di Donato, Camilla; Doria, Alessandra; Iengo, Paolo; Izzo, Vincenzo; Sekhniaidze, Givi; Al, e. t. .. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 110:22301(2013), pp. 1-18. [10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.022301]
Measurement of Z boson production in Pb-Pb collisions at ?????????s NN=2.76 TeV with the ATLAS detector
ALOISIO, ALBERTO;ALVIGGI, MARIAGRAZIA;CANALE, VINCENZO;CHIEFARI, GIOVANNI;DELLA VOLPE, DOMENICO;MEROLA, LEONARDO;PATRICELLI, SERGIO;DELLA PIETRA, MASSIMO;GIORDANO, RAFFAELE;Rossi, Elvira;SANCHEZ PINEDA, ARTURO RODOLFO;
2013
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. ?????? 2013 CERN.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
