Study of W boson production in pPb collisions at sNN=5.02 TeV

V. Khachatryan; A. M. Sirunyan; A. Tumasyan; W. Adam; T. Bergauer; M. Dragicevic; J. Erö; M. Friedl; R. Frühwirth; V. M. Ghete; C. Hartl; N. Hörmann; J. Hrubec; M. Jeitler; W. Kiesenhofer; V. Knünz; M. Krammer; I. Krätschmer; D. Liko; I. Mikulec; D. Rabady; B. Rahbaran; H. Rohringer; R. Schöfbeck; J. Strauss; W. Treberer-Treberspurg; W. Waltenberger; C. E. Wulz; V. Mossolov; N. Shumeiko; J. Suarez Gonzalez; S. Alderweireldt; S. Bansal; T. Cornelis; E. A. De Wolf; X. Janssen; A. Knutsson; J. Lauwers; S. Luyckx; S. Ochesanu; R. Rougny; M. Van De Klundert; H. Van Haevermaet; P. Van Mechelen; N. Van Remortel; R. M. Chatterjee; Y. Kubota; J. Mans; S. Nourbakhsh; R. Rusack; CMS Collaboration

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2015.09.057

Study of W boson production in pPb collisions at s_NN=5.02 TeV

V. Khachatryan, A. M. Sirunyan, A. Tumasyan, W. Adam, T. Bergauer, M. Dragicevic, J. Erö, M. Friedl, R. Frühwirth, V. M. Ghete, C. Hartl, N. Hörmann, J. Hrubec, M. Jeitler, W. Kiesenhofer, V. Knünz, M. Krammer, I. Krätschmer, D. Liko, I. MikulecD. Rabady, B. Rahbaran, H. Rohringer, R. Schöfbeck, J. Strauss, W. Treberer-Treberspurg, W. Waltenberger, C. E. Wulz, V. Mossolov, N. Shumeiko, J. Suarez Gonzalez, S. Alderweireldt, S. Bansal, T. Cornelis, E. A. De Wolf, X. Janssen, A. Knutsson, J. Lauwers, S. Luyckx, S. Ochesanu, R. Rougny, M. Van De Klundert, H. Van Haevermaet, P. Van Mechelen, N. Van Remortel, R. M. Chatterjee, Y. Kubota, J. Mans, S. Nourbakhsh, R. Rusack, CMS Collaboration

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Abstract

The first study of W boson production in pPb collisions is presented, for bosons decaying to a muon or electron, and a neutrino. The measurements are based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 34.6 nb⁻¹ at a nucleon–nucleon centre-of-mass energy of s_NN=5.02 TeV, collected by the CMS experiment. The W boson differential cross sections, lepton charge asymmetry, and forward–backward asymmetries are measured for leptons of transverse momentum exceeding 25 GeV/c, and as a function of the lepton pseudorapidity in the |η_lab|<2.4 range. Deviations from the expectations based on currently available parton distribution functions are observed, showing the need for including W boson data in nuclear parton distribution global fits.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	565-586
Number of pages	22
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	750
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.09.057
State	Published - Nov 12 2015

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Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A. M., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Bergauer, T., Dragicevic, M., Erö, J., Friedl, M., Frühwirth, R., Ghete, V. M., Hartl, C., Hörmann, N., Hrubec, J., Jeitler, M., Kiesenhofer, W., Knünz, V., Krammer, M., Krätschmer, I., Liko, D., ... CMS Collaboration (2015). Study of W boson production in pPb collisions at s_NN=5.02 TeV. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 750, 565-586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.09.057

Khachatryan, V, Sirunyan, AM, Tumasyan, A, Adam, W, Bergauer, T, Dragicevic, M, Erö, J, Friedl, M, Frühwirth, R, Ghete, VM, Hartl, C, Hörmann, N, Hrubec, J, Jeitler, M, Kiesenhofer, W, Knünz, V, Krammer, M, Krätschmer, I, Liko, D, Mikulec, I, Rabady, D, Rahbaran, B, Rohringer, H, Schöfbeck, R, Strauss, J, Treberer-Treberspurg, W, Waltenberger, W, Wulz, CE, Mossolov, V, Shumeiko, N, Suarez Gonzalez, J, Alderweireldt, S, Bansal, S, Cornelis, T, De Wolf, EA, Janssen, X, Knutsson, A, Lauwers, J, Luyckx, S, Ochesanu, S, Rougny, R, Van De Klundert, M, Van Haevermaet, H, Van Mechelen, P, Van Remortel, N, Chatterjee, RM, Kubota, Y, Mans, J, Nourbakhsh, S, Rusack, R & CMS Collaboration 2015, 'Study of W boson production in pPb collisions at s_NN=5.02 TeV', Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 750, pp. 565-586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.09.057

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