Measurement of W± boson production in Pb+Pb collisions at √sNN=5.02Te with the ATLAS detector

ATLAS Collaboration

doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7439-3

Measurement of W^± boson production in Pb+Pb collisions at √sNN=5.02Te with the ATLAS detector

ATLAS Collaboration

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Abstract

A measurement of W^± boson production in Pb+Pb collisions at sNN=5.02Te is reported using data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in 2015, corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 0.49nb-1. The W^± bosons are reconstructed in the electron or muon leptonic decay channels. Production yields of leptonically decaying W^± bosons, normalised by the total number of minimum-bias events and the nuclear thickness function, are measured within a fiducial region defined by the detector acceptance and the main kinematic requirements. These normalised yields are measured separately for W⁺ and W^- bosons, and are presented as a function of the absolute value of pseudorapidity of the charged lepton and of the collision centrality. The lepton charge asymmetry is also measured as a function of the absolute value of lepton pseudorapidity. In addition, nuclear modification factors are calculated using the W^± boson production cross-sections measured in pp collisions. The results are compared with predictions based on next-to-leading-order calculations with CT14 parton distribution functions as well as with predictions obtained with the EPPS16 and nCTEQ15 nuclear parton distribution functions. No dependence of normalised production yields on centrality and a good agreement with predictions are observed for mid-central and central collisions. For peripheral collisions, the data agree with predictions within 1.7 (0.9) standard deviations for W^- (W⁺) bosons.

Original language	English
Article number	935
Journal	European Physical Journal C
Volume	79
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7439-3
State	Published - 1 Nov 2019

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Funders	Funder number
Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (COLCIENCIAS)
BSF-NSF
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Australian Research Council
Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica
Narodowe Centrum Nauki
National Science Foundation
CEA-DRF
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Israel Science Foundation
Wallenberg Foundation
Leverhulme Trust
Horizon 2020, and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science
Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS
Generalitat de Catalunya
Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft
Austrian Science Fund
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
MSMT
MSSR
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
Danmarks Grundforskningsfond
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Czech Republic
Singapore Eye Research Institute
MIZŠ
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Neurosurgical Research Foundation
MESTD
U.S. Department of Energy
European Cooperation in Science and Technology
EU-ESF
RGC
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
MES of Russia
National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute"
Institutul de Fizică Atomică
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
General Secretariat for Research and Technology
Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for Neurological Diseases, Weizmann Institute of Science
Cantons of Bern and Geneva
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
VSC CR
Glycemic Index Foundation
MNE
Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica
Royal Society
European Research Council
European Regional Development Fund
Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego
IRFU
CERN
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
National Research Council Canada
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Council on grants of the President of the Russian Federation
British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Not added	ST/L006162/1, ST/N000307/1, ST/N000331/1, ST/N000420/1, 1852475
DNSRC	IN2P3-CNRS

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