TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurement of the cross-section for b-jets produced in association with a Z boson at sqrt(s)=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
AU - Aad, G.
AU - Dam, Mogens
AU - Hansen, Jørgen Beck
AU - Hansen, Peter Henrik
AU - Hansen, John Renner
AU - Hansen, Jørn Dines
AU - Heisterkamp, Simon Johann Franz
AU - Jørgensen, Morten Dam
AU - Boelaert, Nele Maria Philomena
AU - Klinkby, Esben Bryndt
AU - Nilsson, Björn Stefan
AU - Mehlhase, Sascha
AU - Petersen, Troels Christian
AU - Xella, Stefania
PY - 2012/1/5
Y1 - 2012/1/5
N2 - A measurement is presented of the inclusive cross-section for b-jet production in association with a Z boson in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of s=7 TeV. The analysis uses the data sample collected by the ATLAS experiment in 2010, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of approximately 36 pb-1. The event selection requires a Z boson decaying into high pT electrons or muons, and at least one b-jet, identified by its displaced vertex, with transverse momentum pT>25 GeV and rapidity |y|<2.1. After subtraction of background processes, the yield is extracted from the vertex mass distribution of the candidate b-jets. The ratio of this cross-section to the inclusive Z cross-section (the average number of b-jets per Z event) is also measured. Both results are found to be in good agreement with perturbative QCD predictions at next-to-leading order.
AB - A measurement is presented of the inclusive cross-section for b-jet production in association with a Z boson in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of s=7 TeV. The analysis uses the data sample collected by the ATLAS experiment in 2010, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of approximately 36 pb-1. The event selection requires a Z boson decaying into high pT electrons or muons, and at least one b-jet, identified by its displaced vertex, with transverse momentum pT>25 GeV and rapidity |y|<2.1. After subtraction of background processes, the yield is extracted from the vertex mass distribution of the candidate b-jets. The ratio of this cross-section to the inclusive Z cross-section (the average number of b-jets per Z event) is also measured. Both results are found to be in good agreement with perturbative QCD predictions at next-to-leading order.
U2 - 10.1016/j.physletb.2011.11.059
DO - 10.1016/j.physletb.2011.11.059
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0370-2693
VL - 706
SP - 295
EP - 313
JO - Physics Letters B
JF - Physics Letters B
IS - 4-5
ER -