Measurement of the Z boson production cross-section in pp pcollisions at √ˆšs=5.02TeV

• The first measurement of the Z boson production cross-section at centre-of-massenergy √s = 5.02 TeV in the forward region is reported, using pp collision data collected bythe LHCb experiment in year 2017, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 100 ± 2 pb−1.The production cross-section is measured for final-state muons in the pseudorapidity range2.0 < η < 4.5 with transverse momentum pT > 20 GeV/c. The integrated cross-sectionis determined to beσZ→μ+μ− = 39.6 ± 0.7(stat) ± 0.6(syst) ± 0.8(lumi) pbfor the di-muon invariant mass in the range 60 < Mμμ < 120 GeV/c2. This result andthe differential cross-section results are in good agreement with theoretical predictions atnext-to-next-to-leading order in the strong coupling constant.Based on a previous LHCb measurement of the Z boson production cross-section in pPbcollisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV, the nuclear modification factor RpPb is measured for the firsttime at this energy. The measured values are 1.2+0.5−0.3(stat) ± 0.1(syst) in the forward region(1.53 < y∗μ < 4.03) and 3.6+1.6−0.9(stat) ± 0.2 (syst) in the backward region (−4.97 < y∗μ < −2.47),where y∗μ represents the muon rapidity in the centre-of-mass frame.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Subatomär fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Subatomic Physics (hsv//eng)

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Electroweak Interaction

Hadron-Hadron Scattering

QCD

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