TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurement of k(T) splitting scales in W -> l nu events at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
AU - Aad, G.
AU - Abajyan, T.
AU - Abbott, B.
AU - Abdallah, J.
AU - Khalek, S.A.
AU - Dam, Mogens
AU - Hansen, Jørgen Beck
AU - Hansen, Peter Henrik
AU - Hansen, John Renner
AU - Hansen, Jørn Dines
AU - Boelaert, Nele Maria Philomena
AU - Heisterkamp, Simon Johann Franz
AU - Jørgensen, Morten Dam
AU - Klinkby, Esben Bryndt
AU - Løvschall-Jensen, Ask Emil
AU - Mehlhase, Sascha
AU - Nilsson, Björn Stefan
AU - Petersen, Troels Christian
AU - Xella, Stefania
PY - 2013/5/15
Y1 - 2013/5/15
N2 - A measurement of splitting scales, as defined by the kT clustering algorithm, is presented for final states containing a W boson produced in proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. The measurement is based on the full 2010 data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36 pb−1 which was collected using the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. Cluster splitting scales are measured in events containing W bosons decaying to electrons or muons. The measurement comprises the four hardest splitting scales in a kT cluster sequence of the hadronic activity accompanying the W boson, and ratios of these splitting scales. Backgrounds such as multi-jet and top-quark-pair production are subtracted and the results are corrected for detector effects. Predictions from various Monte Carlo event generators at particle level are compared to the data. Overall, reasonable agreement is found with all generators, but larger deviations between the predictions and the data are evident in the soft regions of the splitting scales.
AB - A measurement of splitting scales, as defined by the kT clustering algorithm, is presented for final states containing a W boson produced in proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. The measurement is based on the full 2010 data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36 pb−1 which was collected using the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. Cluster splitting scales are measured in events containing W bosons decaying to electrons or muons. The measurement comprises the four hardest splitting scales in a kT cluster sequence of the hadronic activity accompanying the W boson, and ratios of these splitting scales. Backgrounds such as multi-jet and top-quark-pair production are subtracted and the results are corrected for detector effects. Predictions from various Monte Carlo event generators at particle level are compared to the data. Overall, reasonable agreement is found with all generators, but larger deviations between the predictions and the data are evident in the soft regions of the splitting scales.
U2 - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2432-8
DO - 10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2432-8
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 25814860
SN - 1434-6044
VL - 73
JO - The European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
JF - The European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
IS - 5
M1 - 2432
ER -