LHCb measurements of Quarkonia Production in Ultraperipheral PbPb collisions and Z production in $p$Pb collisions

TL;DR

This paper presents precise measurements of quarkonia and Z boson production in ultra-peripheral PbPb and pPb collisions at the LHCb, providing insights into photon interactions, nuclear structure, and partonic distributions.

Contribution

It reports the most precise measurements of coherent J/psi and psi(2S) mesons in ultra-peripheral collisions and Z production in pPb collisions, offering new constraints on nuclear partonic structure.

Findings

High-precision measurements of quarkonia production.

New constraints on partonic structure of nucleons in nuclei.

Comparisons with latest theoretical models.

Abstract

Measurements of quarkonia production in ultra-peripheral heavy-ion collisions are of important value to study photon-photon and photon-nucleus interactions, the partonic structure of nuclei, and mechanisms of vector-meson production. LHCb has studied both coherent $J/\psi$ and $\psi(2S)$ mesons in ultra-peripheral collisions using PbPb data at forward rapidity with the highest precision currently accessible. In addition, measurements of $Z$ production in $p$Pb collisions provide new constraints on the partonic structure of nucleons bound inside nuclei. Here will present these measurements of quarkonia and $Z$ production, along with comparisons with the latest theoretical models. Measurements of quarkonia production in ultra-peripheral heavy-ion collisions are of important value to study photon-photon and photon-nucleus interactions, the partonic structure of nuclei, and mechanisms of vector-meson production. LHCb has studied both coherent $J/\psi$ and $\psi(2S)$ mesons in ultra-peripheral collisions using PbPb data at forward rapidity with the highest precision currently accessible. In addition, measurements of $Z$ production in $p$Pb collisions provide new constraints on the partonic structure of nucleons bound inside nuclei. Here will present these measurements of quarkonia and $Z$ production, along with comparisons with the latest theoretical models.