Study of forward Z plus jet production in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV

A measurement of the Z(→ µ +µ −) + jet production cross-section in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy √ s = 7 TeV is presented. The analysis is based on an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb−1 recorded by the LHCb experiment. Results are shown with two jet transverse momentum thresholds, 10 and 2...

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Autores: Camboni, Alessandro, Comerma-Montells, A., Garrido Beltrán, Lluís, Graugés Pous, Eugeni, Picatoste Olloqui, Eduardo, Potterat, Cédric, Rives Molina, Vicente José, Ruiz, Hugo (Ruiz Pérez), LHCb Collaboration
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/185614
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/185614
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Hadrons
Gran Col·lisionador d'Hadrons
Física de partícules
Experiments
Large Hadron Collider (France and Switzerland)
Particle physics
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Sumario:A measurement of the Z(→ µ +µ −) + jet production cross-section in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy √ s = 7 TeV is presented. The analysis is based on an integrated luminosity of 1.0 fb−1 recorded by the LHCb experiment. Results are shown with two jet transverse momentum thresholds, 10 and 20 GeV, for both the overall cross-section within the fiducial volume, and for six differential cross-section measurements. The fiducial volume requires that both the jet and the muons from the Z boson decay are produced in the forward direction (2.0 < η < 4.5). The results show good agreement with theoretical predictions at the second-order expansion in the coupling of the strong interaction.