Observation of nuclear modifications in W± boson production in pPb collisions at sNN=8.16TeV

The CMS Collaboration

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2019.135048

Observation of nuclear modifications in W^± boson production in pPb collisions at s_NN=8.16TeV

The CMS Collaboration

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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 s_NN=8.16TeV. Measurements are performed in the W^±→μ^±ν_μ channel using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 173.4±6.1nb⁻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 |η_lab ^μ|<2.4 and transverse momentum p_T ^μ>25GeV/c. The W^± boson differential cross sections, muon charge asymmetry, and the ratios of W^± 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.

Original language	English
Article number	135048
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	800
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.135048
Publication status	Published - 2020 Jan 10

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Keywords

CMS
Electroweak
Heavy ions
W boson
nPDF
pPb

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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