TY - JOUR
T1 - Precision measurement of forward Z boson production in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV
AU - LHCb Collaboration
AU - Aaij, R.
AU - Abdelmotteleb, A. S.W.
AU - Abellán Beteta, C.
AU - Abudinén, F.
AU - Ackernley, T.
AU - Adeva, B.
AU - Adinolfi, M.
AU - Afsharnia, H.
AU - Agapopoulou, C.
AU - Aidala, C. A.
AU - Aiola, S.
AU - Ajaltouni, Z.
AU - Akar, S.
AU - Albrecht, J.
AU - Alessio, F.
AU - Alexander, M.
AU - Alfonso Albero, A.
AU - Aliouche, Z.
AU - Alkhazov, G.
AU - Alvarez Cartelle, P.
AU - Amato, S.
AU - Amey, J. L.
AU - Amhis, Y.
AU - An, L.
AU - Anderlini, L.
AU - Andersson, M.
AU - Andreianov, A.
AU - Andreotti, M.
AU - Archilli, F.
AU - Artamonov, A.
AU - Artuso, M.
AU - Arzymatov, K.
AU - Aslanides, E.
AU - Atzeni, M.
AU - Audurier, B.
AU - Bachmann, S.
AU - Bachmayer, M.
AU - Back, J. J.
AU - Bifani, S.
AU - Calladine, R.
AU - Chatzikonstantinidis, G.
AU - Cooke, N.
AU - Duk, V.
AU - Ilten, P.
AU - Plews, J.
AU - Popov, D.
AU - Sergi, A.
AU - Slater, M. W.
AU - Swallow, P. N.
AU - Watson, N. K.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Application Development Projects of Chongqing Science and Technology Commission (cstc2015shmszx20018) and the Key Technology Research and Development Program of Chongqing Municipal Bureau of Land, Resources and Housing (CQGT-KJ-2012-6).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/7/5
Y1 - 2022/7/5
N2 - A precision measurement of the Z boson production cross-section at √s = 13 TeV in the forward region is presented, using pp collision data collected by the LHCb detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.1 fb−1. The production cross-section is measured using Z → μ+μ− events within the fiducial region defined as pseudorapidity 2.0 < η < 4.5 and transverse momentum pT> 20 GeV/c for both muons and dimuon invariant mass 60 < Mμμ< 120 GeV/c2. The integrated cross-section is determined to beσ(Z→μ+μ−)=196.4±0.2±1.6±3.9 pb, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic, and the third is due to the luminosity determination. The measured results are in agreement with theoretical predictions within uncertainties.
AB - A precision measurement of the Z boson production cross-section at √s = 13 TeV in the forward region is presented, using pp collision data collected by the LHCb detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.1 fb−1. The production cross-section is measured using Z → μ+μ− events within the fiducial region defined as pseudorapidity 2.0 < η < 4.5 and transverse momentum pT> 20 GeV/c for both muons and dimuon invariant mass 60 < Mμμ< 120 GeV/c2. The integrated cross-section is determined to beσ(Z→μ+μ−)=196.4±0.2±1.6±3.9 pb, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic, and the third is due to the luminosity determination. The measured results are in agreement with theoretical predictions within uncertainties.
KW - Electroweak Interaction
KW - Forward Physics
KW - Hadron-Hadron Scattering
KW - Particle and Resonance Production
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U2 - 10.1007/JHEP07(2022)026
DO - 10.1007/JHEP07(2022)026
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85134078248
SN - 1126-6708
VL - 2022
JO - Journal of High Energy Physics
JF - Journal of High Energy Physics
IS - 7
M1 - 26
ER -