@article{488a2b01a0084accbcc4c6e6a51e3171,
title = "Z boson production in Pb+Pb collisions at √SNN = 5.02 TeV measured by the ATLAS experiment",
abstract = "The production yield of Z bosons is measured in the electron and muon decay channels in Pb+Pb collisions at √SNN = 5.02 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Data from the 2015 LHC run corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.49 nb-1 are used for the analysis. The Z boson yield, normalised by the total number of minimum-bias events and the mean nuclear thickness function, is measured as a function of dilepton rapidity and event centrality. The measurements in Pb+Pb collisions are compared with similar measurements made in proton-proton collisions at the same centre-of-mass energy. The nuclear modification factor is found to be consistent with unity for all centrality intervals. The results are compared with theoretical predictions obtained at next-to-leading order using nucleon and nuclear parton distribution functions. The normalised Z boson yields in Pb+Pb collisions lie 1-3σ above the predictions. The nuclear modification factor measured as a function of rapidity agrees with unity and is consistent with a next-to-leading-order QCD calculation including the isospin effect.",
author = "{The ATLAS Collaboration} and G. Aad and B. Abbott and Abbott, {D. C.} and {Abed Abud}, A. and K. Abeling and Abhayasinghe, {D. K.} and Abidi, {S. H.} and AbouZeid, {O. S.} and Abraham, {N. L.} and H. Abramowicz and H. Abreu and Y. Abulaiti and Acharya, {B. S.} and B. Achkar and S. Adachi and L. Adam and {Adam Bourdarios}, C. and L. Adamczyk and L. Adamek and J. Adelman and M. Adersberger and A. Adiguzel and S. Adorni and T. Adye and Affolder, {A. A.} and Y. Afik and C. Agapopoulou and Agaras, {M. N.} and A. Aggarwal and C. Agheorghiesei and Aguilar-Saavedra, {J. A.} and F. Ahmadov and Ahmed, {W. S.} and X. Ai and G. Aielli and S. Akatsuka and {\AA}kesson, {T. P.A.} and E. Akilli and Akimov, {A. V.} and {Al Khoury}, K. and Alberghi, {G. L.} and J. Albert and {Alconada Verzini}, {M. J.} and S. Alderweireldt and M. Aleksa and Aleksandrov, {I. N.} and C. Alexa and D. Alexandre and T. Alexopoulos and A. Alfonsi and F. Alfonsi and M. Alhroob and B. Ali and G. Alimonti and J. Alison and Alkire, {S. P.} and C. Allaire and Allbrooke, {B. M.M.} and Allen, {B. W.} and Allport, {P. P.} and A. Aloisio and A. Alonso and F. Alonso and C. Alpigiani and Alshehri, {A. A.} and {Alvarez Estevez}, M. and {{\'A}lvarez Piqueras}, D. and Alviggi, {M. G.} and {Amaral Coutinho}, Y. and A. Ambler and L. Ambroz and C. Amelung and D. Amidei and {Amor Dos Santos}, {S. P.} and S. Amoroso and Amrouche, {C. S.} and F. An and C. Anastopoulos and N. Andari and T. Andeen and Anders, {C. F.} and Anders, {J. K.} and A. Andreazza and V. Andrei and Anelli, {C. R.} and S. Angelidakis and A. Angerami and Anisenkov, {A. V.} and A. Annovi and C. Antel and Anthony, {M. T.} and E. Antipov and M. Antonelli and Antrim, {D. J.A.} and F. Anulli and M. Aoki and {Aparisi Pozo}, {J. A.} and {Aperio Bella}, L. and G. Arabidze and Araque, {J. P.} and {Araujo Ferraz}, V. and {Araujo Pereira}, R. and C. Arcangeletti and Arce, {A. T.H.} and Arduh, {F. A.} and Arguin, {J. F.} and S. Argyropoulos and Arling, {J. H.} and Armbruster, {A. J.} and A. Armstrong and O. Arnaez and H. Arnold and {Arrubarrena Tame}, {Z. P.} and A. Artamonov and G. Artoni and S. Artz and S. Asai and N. Asbah and Asimakopoulou, {E. M.} and L. Asquith and J. Assahsah and K. Assamagan and R. Astalos and Atkin, {R. J.} and M. Atkinson and Atlay, {N. B.} and H. Atmani and K. Augsten and G. Avolio and R. Avramidou and Ayoub, {M. K.} and Azoulay, {A. M.} and G. Azuelos and H. Bachacou and K. Bachas and M. Backes and F. Backman and P. Bagnaia and M. Bahmani and H. Bahrasemani and Bailey, {A. J.} and Bailey, {V. R.} and Baines, {J. T.} and M. Bajic and C. Bakalis and Baker, {O. K.} and Bakker, {P. J.} and {Bakshi Gupta}, D. and S. Balaji and Baldin, {E. M.} and P. Balek and F. Balli and Balunas, {W. K.} and J. Balz and E. Banas and A. Bandyopadhyay and Sw Banerjee and Bannoura, {A. A.E.} and L. Barak and Barbe, {W. M.} and Barberio, {E. L.} and D. Barberis and M. Barbero and G. Barbour and T. Barillari and Barisits, {M. S.} and J. Barkeloo and T. Barklow and R. Barnea and Barnes, {S. L.} and Barnett, {B. M.} and Barnett, {R. M.} and Z. Barnovska-Blenessy and A. Baroncelli and G. Barone and Barr, {A. J.} and {Barranco Navarro}, L. and F. Barreiro and {Barreiro Guimar{\~a}es da Costa}, J. and S. Barsov and R. Bartoldus and G. Bartolini and Barton, {A. E.} and P. Bartos and A. Basalaev and A. Bassalat and Basso, {M. J.} and Bates, {R. L.} and S. Batlamous and Batley, {J. R.} and B. Batool and M. Battaglia and M. Bauce and F. Bauer and Bauer, {K. T.} and Bawa, {H. S.} and Beacham, {J. B.} and T. Beau and Beauchemin, {P. H.} and F. Becherer and P. Bechtle and Beck, {H. C.} and Beck, {H. P.} and K. Becker and M. Becker and C. Becot and Beddall, {A. J.} and Beddall, {A. J.} and Bednyakov, {V. A.} and M. Bedognetti and Bee, {C. P.} and Beermann, {T. A.} and M. Begalli and M. Begel and A. Behera and Behr, {J. K.} and F. Beisiegel and Bell, {A. S.} and G. Bella and L. Bellagamba and A. Bellerive and P. Bellos and K. Beloborodov and K. Belotskiy and Belyaev, {N. L.} and D. Benchekroun and N. Benekos and Y. Benhammou and Benjamin, {D. P.} and M. Benoit and Bensinger, {J. R.} and S. Bentvelsen and L. Beresford and M. Beretta and D. Berge and {Bergeaas Kuutmann}, E. and N. Berger and B. Bergmann and Bergsten, {L. J.} and J. Beringer and S. Berlendis and G. Bernardi and C. Bernius and Bernlochner, {F. U.} and T. Berry and P. Berta and C. Bertella and Bertram, {I. A.} and {Bessidskaia Bylund}, O. and J. Shojaii",
note = "Copyright the Author(s) 2020. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.",
year = "2020",
month = mar,
day = "10",
doi = "10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135262",
language = "English",
volume = "802",
pages = "1--23",
journal = "Physics Letters B",
issn = "0370-2693",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}