This article presents the first measurement of the differential Z-boson production cross-section in the forward region using proton-lead collisions with the LHCb detector. The dataset was collected at a nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass energy of √sNN = 8.16 TeV in 2016, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 30.8 nb−1 . The forward-backward ratio and the nuclear modification factors are measured together with the differential crosssection as functions of the Z boson rapidity in the centre-of-mass frame, the transverse momentum of the Z boson and a geometric variable φ∗. The results are in good agreement with the predictions from nuclear parton distribution functions, providing strong constraining power at small Bjorken-x.

(2023). Measurement of the Z boson production cross-section in proton-lead collisions at √sNN = 8.16 TeV [journal article - articolo]. In JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10446/263638

Measurement of the Z boson production cross-section in proton-lead collisions at √sNN = 8.16 TeV

Lupato, A.;Redi, F.;
2023-01-01

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This article presents the first measurement of the differential Z-boson production cross-section in the forward region using proton-lead collisions with the LHCb detector. The dataset was collected at a nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass energy of √sNN = 8.16 TeV in 2016, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 30.8 nb−1 . The forward-backward ratio and the nuclear modification factors are measured together with the differential crosssection as functions of the Z boson rapidity in the centre-of-mass frame, the transverse momentum of the Z boson and a geometric variable φ∗. The results are in good agreement with the predictions from nuclear parton distribution functions, providing strong constraining power at small Bjorken-x.
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2023
Aaij, R.; Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W.; Abellan Beteta, C.; Abudinén, F.; Ackernley, T.; Adeva, B.; Adinolfi, M.; Afsharnia, H.; Agapopoulou, C.; Aidala, C...espandi
(2023). Measurement of the Z boson production cross-section in proton-lead collisions at √sNN = 8.16 TeV [journal article - articolo]. In JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10446/263638
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