Measurement of W +/- Z production cross sections and gauge boson polarisation in pp collisions at root s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
- NázevTitle
- Measurement of W +/- Z production cross sections and gauge boson polarisation in pp collisions at root s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detectorMeasurement of W +/- Z production cross sections and gauge boson polarisation in pp collisions at root s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector
- Druh výsledkuResult type
- Článek v časopiseJournal article
- AutořiAuthors
- M. Aaboud, G. Aad, B. Abbott, D. C. Abbott, B. Ali, K. Augsten, B. Bergmann, D. Caforio, P. Gallus, M. Havránek, Z. Hubáček, M. Myška, R. Novotný, S. Pospíšil, T. Slavíček, K. Smolek, M. Solar, A. Sopczak, M. Suk, V. Vacek, P. Vokáč, V. Vrba
- Klíčová slovaKeywords
- parton distribution, W boson, Z boson
- ExperimentCollaboration
- ATLAS
- DOIDOI
- 10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7027-6
- Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
- The European Physical Journal C 79(6), 535 (2019) · ISSN 1434-6044
- RokYear
- 2019
- JazykLanguage
- eng
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- ProjektProject
- Získávání nových poznatků o mikrosvětě v infrastruktuře CERNAcquiring new pieces of knowledge about micro-world in CERN research infrastructure; Centrum pokročilých aplikovaných přírodních vědCenter for advanced applied sciences
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- 252 (INSPIRE-HEP)
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- https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7027-6.pdf
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AbstraktAbstract
This paper presents measurements of W +/- Z production cross sections in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13TeV. The data were collected in 2015 and 2016 by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 36.1fb-1. The W +/- Z candidate events are reconstructed using leptonic decay modes of the gauge bosons into electrons and muons. The measured inclusive cross section in the detector fiducial region for a single leptonic decay mode is sigma W +/- Zfid.=63.7fb, reproduced by the next-to-next-to-leading-order Standard Model prediction of 61.5-1.3+1.4fb. Cross sections for W+Z and W-Z production and their ratio are presented as well as differential cross sections for several kinematic observables. An analysis of angular distributions of leptons from decays of W and Z bosons is performed for the first time in pair-produced events in hadronic collisions, and integrated helicity fractions in the detector fiducial region are measured for the W and Z bosons separately. Of particular interest, the longitudinal helicity fraction of pair-produced vector bosons is also measured.
This paper presents measurements of W +/- Z production cross sections in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13TeV. The data were collected in 2015 and 2016 by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 36.1fb-1. The W +/- Z candidate events are reconstructed using leptonic decay modes of the gauge bosons into electrons and muons. The measured inclusive cross section in the detector fiducial region for a single leptonic decay mode is sigma W +/- Zfid.=63.7fb, reproduced by the next-to-next-to-leading-order Standard Model prediction of 61.5-1.3+1.4fb. Cross sections for W+Z and W-Z production and their ratio are presented as well as differential cross sections for several kinematic observables. An analysis of angular distributions of leptons from decays of W and Z bosons is performed for the first time in pair-produced events in hadronic collisions, and integrated helicity fractions in the detector fiducial region are measured for the W and Z bosons separately. Of particular interest, the longitudinal helicity fraction of pair-produced vector bosons is also measured.