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Abstract
The production of W bosons is studied in proton-lead (pPb) collisions at a nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass energy of $\sqrt{{s}_\textrm{NN}} = 8.16$ TeV. Measurements are performed in the $\textrm{W}^{\pm}\to\mu^{\pm}\nu$ channel using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of $173.4 \pm 8.7 \textrm{nb}^{-1}$, collected by the CMS Collaboration at the LHC. The number of positively and negatively charged W bosons is determined separately in the muon pseudorapidity region in the laboratory frame $|\eta_{\textrm{lab}}^{\mu}|25$~GeV/$c$. The $\textrm{W}^{\pm}$ boson differential cross sections, muon charge asymmetry, and the ratios of $\textrm{W}^{\pm}$ boson yields for the proton-going over the Pb-going beam directions are reported as a function of the muon pseudorapidity in the nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass frame. The measurements are compared to the predictions from theoretical calculations based on parton distribution functions (PDFs) at next-to-leading-order. The results favour PDF calculations that include nuclear modifications and provide constraints on the nuclear PDF global fits.
Datum van beschikbaarheid | 7 mei 2019 |
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Uitgever | HEPData |
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iBOF/23/074: Ontsluiten van de charm-Higgs koppeling bij de LHC
D'Hondt, J., Lowette, S., Van Mechelen, P. & Dobur, D.
1/01/23 → 31/12/26
Project: Fundamenteel
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Onderzoekersoutput
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Observation of nuclear modifications in W ± boson production in pPb collisions at s NN=8.16TeV
Collaboration, CMS., Abu Zeid, S., Blekman, F., D'Hondt, J., De Bruyn, I. H., De Clercq, J., Deroover, K., Flouris, G., Lontkovskyi, D., Lowette, S., Marchesini, I., Moortgat, S., Moreels, L., Python, Q., Skovpen, K., Tavernier, S., Van Doninck, W., Van Mulders, P., Van Parijs, I. M. & Burns, D., 10 jan 2020, In: Phys. Lett. B. 800, 24 blz., 135048.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
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