Low mass dimuons OS mass spectrum and background at 5.02 TeV in Pb-Pb for 20-30% centrality

Scope: PWG
PWG-DQ (Dileptons and Quarkonia)
Energy
5.02 TeV
System
Pb-Pb
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Figure Caption

Raw invariant mass spectra for opposite-sign muon pairs for centrality bin 20-30% in Pb-Pb at 5.02 TeV (full circles) and combinatorial background from event mixing (red histogram)

Detail description

Data sample: LHC15o, muon_calo_pass1, AOD175

Cuts:

2.5 < y  < 4

2 < pT < 7 GeV/c

pT (mu) > 0.85 GeV/c

2.5 < eta (mu) < 4

Each muon track is required to match the muon trigger

Cuts for beam-gas interaction

Local board selection applied