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Abstract: We present a measurement of the Z boson differential cross section in rapidity and transverse momentum using a data sample of pp collision events at a centre-of-mass energy vs=8TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7fb-1. The Z boson is identified via its decay to a pair of muons. The measurement provides a precision test of quantum chromodynamics over a large region of phase space. In addition, due to the small experimental uncertainties in the measurement the data has the potential to constrain the gluon parton distribution function in the kinematic regime important for Higgs boson production via gluon fusion. The results agree with the next-to-next-to-leading-order predictions computed with the FEWZ program. The results are also compared to the commonly used leading-order MADGRAPH and next-to-leading-order POWHEG generators.
Fuente: Physics Letters B, Vol. 749, Pp. 187–209, 2015
Publisher: Elsevier
Publication date: 01/10/2015
No. of pages: 23
Publication type: Article
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2015.07.065
ISSN: 0370-2693,1873-2445
Spanish project: FPA2014-55295-C3-1-R ; FPA 2011-28694-C02-01
Publication Url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.07.065
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KHACHATRYAN, VLADIMIR
JAVIER ANDRES BROCHERO CIFUENTES
JOSE IBAN CABRILLO BARTOLOME
ALICIA CALDERON TAZON
JORGE DUARTE CAMPDERROS
MARCOS FERNANDEZ GARCIA
GERVASIO GOMEZ GRAMUGLIO
ALBERTO GRAZIANO
MARIA AMPARO LOPEZ VIRTO
JESUS MARCO DE LUCAS
RAFAEL JOSE MARCO DE LUCAS
CELSO MARTINEZ RIVERO
FRANCISCO MATORRAS WEINIG
FRANCISCA JAVIELA MUÑOZ SANCHEZ
JONATAN PIEDRA GOMEZ
MARIA TERESA RODRIGO ANORO
ANA YAIZA RODRIGUEZ MARRERO
ALBERTO RUIZ JIMENO
LUCA SCODELLARO
IVAN VILA ALVAREZ
ROCIO VILAR CORTABITARTE
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