Measurement of the transverse momentum spectra of weak vector bosons produced in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV
(2017) Journal of High Energy Physics — Vol. 1702, p. 96 (2017)
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- The transverse momentum spectra of weak vector bosons are measured in the CMS experiment at the LHC. The measurement uses a sample of proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV, collected during a special low-luminosity running that corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 18.4 +/- 0.5 inverse picobarns. The production of W bosons is studied in both electron and muon decay modes, while the production of Z bosons is studied using only the dimuon decay channel. The ratios of W- to W+ and Z to W differential cross sections are also measured. The measured differential cross sections and ratios are compared with theoretical predictions up to next-to-next leading order in QCD.
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CMS, Basegmez, S., Beluffi, C., Bondu, O., Brochet, S., Bruno, G., Caudron, A., Ceard, L., de Visscher, S., Delaere, C., Delcourt, M., Favart, D., Forthomme, L., Giammanco, A., Jafari, A., Jez, P., Komm, M., Lemaitre, V., Mertens, A., et al. (2017). Measurement of the transverse momentum spectra of weak vector bosons produced in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV. Journal of High Energy Physics, 1702, 96. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2017)096 (Original work published 2017)