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Z Production as a Test of Nuclear Effects at the LHC

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-03-23 v1

Abstract

We predict the Z transverse momentum distribution from proton-proton and nuclear collisions at the LHC. After demonstrating that higher-twist nuclear effects are very small, we propose Z0Z^0 production as a precision test for leading-twist pQCD in the TeV energy region. We also point out that shadowing may result in unexpected phenomenology at the LHC.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0205155,
  title  = {Z Production as a Test of Nuclear Effects at the LHC},
  author = {Xiaofei Zhang and George Fai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0205155},
  year   = {2011}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures