TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurement of Z(0)-boson production at large rapidities in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV
AU - Acharya, S.
AU - Adamova, D.
AU - Adolfsson, J
AU - Aggarwal, MM.
AU - Rinella, G.A.
AU - Agnello, Maria
AU - Agrawal, N.
AU - Ahammed, Z.
AU - Ahn, S.U.
AU - Aiola, S.
AU - Akindinov, A.
AU - Al-Turany, M.
AU - Alam, SN
AU - Albuquerque, DSD
AU - Aleksandrov, D.
AU - Alessandro, B
AU - Molina, Rafael A.
AU - Ali, Yusuf
AU - Alici, A.
AU - Andrei, C.
AU - Bearden, Ian
AU - Bourjau, Christian Alexander
AU - Bilandzic, Ante
AU - Lais, Ozelin De Lima Pimentel
AU - Gaardhøje, Jens Jørgen
AU - Chojnacki, Marek
AU - bsm989, bsm989
AU - Thoresen, Freja
AU - Nielsen, Børge Svane
AU - Pacik, Vojtech
AU - Zhou, You
AU - Vislavicius, Vytautas
AU - Gajdosova, Katarina
AU - rtc312, rtc312
PY - 2018/5/10
Y1 - 2018/5/10
N2 - The production of Z0 bosons at large rapidities in Pb–Pb collisions at sNN=5.02TeV is reported. Z0 candidates are reconstructed in the dimuon decay channel (Z0→μ+μ−), based on muons selected with pseudo-rapidity −4.0<η<−2.5 and pT>20GeV/c. The invariant yield and the nuclear modification factor, RAA, are presented as a function of rapidity and collision centrality. The value of RAA for the 0–20% central Pb–Pb collisions is 0.67±0.11(stat.)±0.03(syst.)±0.06(corr. syst.), exhibiting a deviation of 2.6σ from unity. The results are well-described by calculations that include nuclear modifications of the parton distribution functions, while the predictions using vacuum PDFs deviate from data by 2.3σ in the 0–90% centrality class and by 3σ in the 0–20% central collisions.
AB - The production of Z0 bosons at large rapidities in Pb–Pb collisions at sNN=5.02TeV is reported. Z0 candidates are reconstructed in the dimuon decay channel (Z0→μ+μ−), based on muons selected with pseudo-rapidity −4.0<η<−2.5 and pT>20GeV/c. The invariant yield and the nuclear modification factor, RAA, are presented as a function of rapidity and collision centrality. The value of RAA for the 0–20% central Pb–Pb collisions is 0.67±0.11(stat.)±0.03(syst.)±0.06(corr. syst.), exhibiting a deviation of 2.6σ from unity. The results are well-described by calculations that include nuclear modifications of the parton distribution functions, while the predictions using vacuum PDFs deviate from data by 2.3σ in the 0–90% centrality class and by 3σ in the 0–20% central collisions.
U2 - 10.1016/j.physletb.2018.03.010
DO - 10.1016/j.physletb.2018.03.010
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0370-2693
VL - 780
SP - 372
EP - 383
JO - Physics Letters B
JF - Physics Letters B
ER -