Measurement of the cross-section for W boson production in association with b-jets in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

This paper reports a measurement of the W+b-jets (W+b+X and W+bb+X) production cross-section in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV at the LHC. These results are based on data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4:6 fb-1, collected with the ATLAS detector. Cross-sec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Alonso, Francisco, Anduaga, Xabier Sebastián, Dova, María Teresa, Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel, Tripiana, Martín F.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositorio:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/78765
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/78765
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ciencias Exactas
Física
hadron-hadron scattering
w boson
b-jets
proton-proton collisions
ATLAS detector
large hadron collider
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Sumario:This paper reports a measurement of the W+b-jets (W+b+X and W+bb+X) production cross-section in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV at the LHC. These results are based on data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4:6 fb-1, collected with the ATLAS detector. Cross-sections are presented as a function of jet multiplicity and of the transverse momentum of the leading b-jet for both the muon and electron decay modes of the W boson. The W+b-jets cross-section, corrected for all known detector effects, is quoted in a limited kinematic range. Combining the muon and electron channels, the ducial cross-section for W+b-jets is measured to be 7.1 ± 0.5 (stat) ± 1.4 (syst) pb, consistent with the next-to-leading order QCD prediction, corrected for non-perturbative and double-parton interactions (DPI) contributions, of 4.70 ± 0.09 (stat) +0:60 -0:49 (scale) ± 0:06 (PDF) ± 0.16 (non-pert) +0.52 -0.38 (DPI) pb.