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Probing the valence quark region of nucleons with Z bosons at LHCb
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Working Paper
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Subject
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
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Abstract
In this high-$x$ region, both the flavour content and structure of the nucleon parton distribution functions remains relatively poorly known. New LHCb measurements of Z and charm jet associated production could indicate a valence-like intrinsic-charm component in the proton wave function, and measurements of Z production in pPb collisions provide new constraints on the partonic structure of nucleons bound inside nuclei. Here we will discuss these new LHCb measurements and comparisons with state-of-the-art parton distribution function calculations.
Comment: 4 pages, 19 figures, proceedings for the 20th International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM2022)