@Article{ATLASCollaborationAad_etal2019,
author="ATLAS Collaboration (Aad, G. et al
and Alvarez Piqueras, D.
and Aparisi Pozo, J. A.
and Bailey, A. J.
and Cabrera Urban, S.
and Castillo, F. L.
and Castillo Gimenez, V.
and Cerda Alberich, L.
and Costa, M. J.
and Escobar, C.
and Estrada Pastor, O.
and Ferrer, A.
and Fiorini, L.
and Fullana Torregrosa, E.
and Fuster, J.
and Garcia, C.
and Garcia Navarro, J. E.
and Gonzalez de la Hoz, S.
and Gonzalvo Rodriguez, G. R.
and Guerrero Rojas, J. G.
and Higon-Rodriguez, E.
and Lacasta, C.
and Lozano Bahilo, J. J.
and Madaffari, D.
and Mamuzic, J.
and Marti-Garcia, S.
and Melini, D.
and Mi{\~{n}}ano, M.
and Mitsou, V. A.
and Rodriguez Bosca, S.
and Rodriguez Rodriguez, D.
and Ruiz-Martinez, A.
and Salt, J.
and Santra, A.
and Soldevila, U.
and Sanchez, J.
and Valero, A.
and Valls Ferrer, J. A.
and Vos, M.",
title="Measurement of W-+/- boson production in Pb plus Pb collisions at root s(NN)=5.02 TeV with the ATLAS detector",
journal="European Physical Journal C",
year="2019",
publisher="Springer",
volume="79",
number="11",
pages="935 - 32pp",
abstract="A measurement of W-+/- boson production in Pb+Pb collisions at root s(NN) = 5.02 TeV is reported using data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in 2015, corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 0.49 nb(-1). The W-+/- bosons are reconstructed in the electron or muon leptonic decay channels. Production yields of leptonically decaying W-+/- bosons, normalised by the total number of minimum-bias events and the nuclear thickness function, are measured within a fiducial region defined by the detector acceptance and the main kinematic requirements. These normalised yields are measured separately for W+ and W- bosons, and are presented as a function of the absolute value of pseudorapidity of the charged lepton and of the collision centrality. The lepton charge asymmetry is also measured as a function of the absolute value of lepton pseudorapidity. In addition, nuclear modification factors are calculated using the W-+/- boson production cross-sections measured in pp collisions. The results are compared with predictions based on next-to-leading-order calculations with CT14 parton distribution functions as well as with predictions obtained with the EPPS16 and nCTEQ15 nuclear parton distribution functions. No dependence of normalised production yields on centrality and a good agreement with predictions are observed for mid-central and central collisions. For peripheral collisions, the data agree with predictions within 1.7 (0.9) standard deviations for W- (W+) bosons.",
optnote="WOS:000505550100001",
optnote="exported from refbase (https://references.ific.uv.es/refbase/show.php?record=4247), last updated on Mon, 20 Jan 2020 07:58:43 +0000",
issn="1434-6044",
doi="10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7439-3",
opturl="https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.10414",
opturl="https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7439-3",
language="English"
}