Study of Drell-Yan dimuon production in proton-lead collisions at √ s(NN)=8.16 TeV

Differential cross sections for the Drell-Yan process, including Z boson production, using the dimuon decay channel are measured in proton-lead (pPb) collisions at a nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass energy of 8.16TeV. A data sample recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC is used, corresponding to an...

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Autores: Sirunyan, A.M., Tumasyan, A., Cabrillo Bartolomé, José Iban|||0000-0002-0367-4022, Calderón Tazón, Alicia|||0000-0002-7205-2040, Chazin Quero, Bárbara, Duarte Campderros, Jorge|||0000-0003-0687-5214, Fernández García, Marcos|||0000-0002-4824-1087, Fernández Manteca, Pedro José|||0000-0003-2566-7496, Gómez Gramuglio, Gervasio|||0000-0002-1077-6553, Martínez Rivero, Celso, Martínez Ruiz del Árbol, Pablo|||0000-0002-7737-5121, Matorras Weinig, Francisco|||0000-0003-4295-5668, Piedra Gómez, Jonatan|||0000-0002-9157-1700, Prieëls, Cedric, Ricci-Tam, Francesca Shun-Ning Annarosa, Rodrigo Anoro, Teresa, Ruiz Jimeno, Alberto|||0000-0002-3639-0368, Scodellaro, Luca|||0000-0002-4974-8330, Vila Álvarez, Iván |||0000-0002-6797-7209, Vizán García, Jesús Manuel|||0000-0002-6823-8854
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/24757
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/24757
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
Relativistic heavy ion physics
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Sumario:Differential cross sections for the Drell-Yan process, including Z boson production, using the dimuon decay channel are measured in proton-lead (pPb) collisions at a nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass energy of 8.16TeV. A data sample recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC is used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 173 nb−1. The differential cross section as a function of the dimuon mass is measured in the range 15– 600 GeV, for the first time in proton-nucleus collisions. It is also reported as a function of dimuon rapidity over the mass ranges 15–60 GeV and 60–120 GeV, and ratios for the p-going over the Pb-going beam directions are built. In both mass ranges, the differential cross sections as functions of the dimuon transverse momentum pT and of a geometric variable __ are measured, where __ highly correlates with pT but is determined with higher precision. In the Z mass region, the rapidity dependence of the data indicate a modification of the distribution of partons within a lead nucleus as compared to the proton case. The data are more precise than predictions based upon current models of parton distributions.