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Measurement of the production and lepton charge asymmetry of W bosons in Pb+Pb collisions at vsNN=2.76TeV with the ATLAS detector
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posted on 2023-06-09, 05:52 authored by Benedict AllbrookeBenedict Allbrooke, Lily AsquithLily Asquith, Alessandro CerriAlessandro Cerri, C A Chavez Barajas, Antonella De SantoAntonella De Santo, Fabrizio SalvatoreFabrizio Salvatore, I Santoyo Castillo, K Suruliz, Mark SuttonMark Sutton, Iacopo Vivarelli, et al. The ATLAS CollaborationA measurement of W boson production in lead-lead collisions at vsNN=2.76 TeV is presented. It is based on the analysis of data collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC in 2011 corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.14 nb-1 and 0.15 nb-1 in the muon and electron decay channels, respectively. The differential production yields and lepton charge asymmetry are each measured as a function of the average number of participating nucleons ?N part? and absolute pseudorapidity of the charged lepton. The results are compared to predictions based on next-to-leading-order QCD calculations. These measurements are, in principle, sensitive to possible nuclear modifications to the parton distribution functions and also provide information on scaling of W boson production in multi-nucleon systems.
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ATLAS; G0275; STFC-SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL; ST/I006048/1
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The European Physical Journal C - Particles and FieldsISSN
1434-6044Publisher
Springer VerlagExternal DOI
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23Volume
75Department affiliated with
- Physics and Astronomy Publications
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- Experimental Particle Physics Research Group Publications
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2017-04-25First Open Access (FOA) Date
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2017-04-25Usage metrics
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