@article{10902/24757, year = {2021}, month = {5}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10902/24757}, abstract = {Differential cross sections for the Drell-Yan process, including Z boson production, using the dimuon decay channel are measured in proton-lead (pPb) collisions at a nucleon-nucleon centre-of-mass energy of 8.16TeV. A data sample recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC is used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 173 nb−1. The differential cross section as a function of the dimuon mass is measured in the range 15– 600 GeV, for the first time in proton-nucleus collisions. It is also reported as a function of dimuon rapidity over the mass ranges 15–60 GeV and 60–120 GeV, and ratios for the p-going over the Pb-going beam directions are built. In both mass ranges, the differential cross sections as functions of the dimuon transverse momentum pT and of a geometric variable __ are measured, where __ highly correlates with pT but is determined with higher precision. In the Z mass region, the rapidity dependence of the data indicate a modification of the distribution of partons within a lead nucleus as compared to the proton case. The data are more precise than predictions based upon current models of parton distributions.}, publisher = {Springer Verlag}, publisher = {Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021, 05, 182}, title = {Study of Drell-Yan dimuon production in proton-lead collisions at √ s(NN)=8.16 TeV}, author = {Sirunyan, A.M. and Tumasyan, A. and Cabrillo Bartolomé, José Iban and Calderón Tazón, Alicia and Chazin Quero, Bárbara and Duarte Campderros, Jorge and Fernández García, Marcos and Fernández Manteca, Pedro José and Gómez Gramuglio, Gervasio and Martínez Rivero, Celso and Martínez Ruiz del Árbol, Pablo and Matorras Weinig, Francisco and Piedra Gómez, Jonatan and Prieëls, Cedric and Ricci-Tam, Francesca Shun-Ning Annarosa and Rodrigo Anoro, Teresa and Ruiz Jimeno, Alberto and Scodellaro, Luca and Vila Álvarez, Iván and Vizán García, Jesús Manuel}, }