@article{7e52af2b71fe402d9e6c3afbb32850ce,
title = "Measurement of Z boson production in Pb-Pb collisions at √SNN = 2.76 TeV with the ATLAS detector",
abstract = "The ATLAS experiment has observed 1995 Z boson candidates in data corresponding to 0:15 nb-1 of integrated luminosity obtained in the 2011 LHC Pb + Pb run at √SNN = 2.76 TeV. The Z bosons are reconstructed via dielectron and dimuon decay channels, with a background contamination of less than 3%. Results from the two channels are consistent and are combined. Within the statistical and systematic uncertainties, the per-event Z boson yield is proportional to the number of binary collisions estimated by the Glauber model. The elliptic anisotropy of the azimuthal distribution of the Z boson with respect to the event plane is found to be consistent with zero.",
author = "{Atlas Collaboration} and G. Aad and T. Abajyan and B. Abbott and J. Abdallah and {Abdel Khalek}, S. and Abdelalim, {A. A.} and O. Abdinov and R. Aben and B. Abi and M. Abolins and {Abou Zeid}, {O. S.} and H. Abramowicz and H. Abreu and Acharya, {B. S.} and L. Adamczyk and Adams, {D. L.} and Addy, {T. N.} and J. Adelman and S. Adomeit and P. Adragna and T. Adye and S. Aefsky and Aguilar-Saavedra, {J. A.} and M. Agustoni and M. Aharrouche and Ahlen, {S. P.} and F. Ahles and A. Ahmad and M. Ahsan and G. Aielli and T. Akdogan and {\AA}kesson, {T. P.A.} and G. Akimoto and Akimov, {A. V.} and Alam, {M. S.} and Alam, {M. A.} and J. Albert and S. Albrand and M. Aleksa and Aleksandrov, {I. N.} and F. Alessandria and C. Alexa and G. Alexander and G. Alexandre and B. Budick and K. Cranmer and A. Haas and M. Losada and Mincer, {A. I.} and P. Nemethy",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2013 CERN.",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.022301",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "110",
pages = "022301--1--022301--18",
journal = "Physical Review Letters",
issn = "0031-9007",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "2",
}