TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurement of the Z¿tt cross section with the ATLAS detector
AU - Aad...[et al.], G.
AU - Abbott, B.
AU - Abdallah, J.
AU - Dam, Mogens
AU - Hansen, Jørgen Beck
AU - Hansen, John Renner
AU - Hansen, Jørn Dines
AU - Hansen, Peter Henrik
AU - Klinkby, Esben Bryndt
AU - Jørgensen, Morten Dam
AU - Petersen, Troels Christian
AU - Xella, Stefania
PY - 2011/12/14
Y1 - 2011/12/14
N2 - The Z→ττ cross section is measured with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in four different final states determined by the decay modes of the τ leptons: muon-hadron, electron-hadron, electron-muon, and muon-muon. The analysis is based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36pb-1, at a proton-proton center-of-mass energy of √s=7TeV. Cross sections are measured separately for each final state in fiducial regions of high detector acceptance, as well as in the full phase space, over the mass region 66-116 GeV. The individual cross sections are combined and the product of the total Z production cross section and Z→ττ branching fraction is measured to be 0.97±0.07(stat)±0.06(syst)±0.03(lumi)nb, in agreement with next-to-next-to-leading order calculations.
AB - The Z→ττ cross section is measured with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC in four different final states determined by the decay modes of the τ leptons: muon-hadron, electron-hadron, electron-muon, and muon-muon. The analysis is based on a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36pb-1, at a proton-proton center-of-mass energy of √s=7TeV. Cross sections are measured separately for each final state in fiducial regions of high detector acceptance, as well as in the full phase space, over the mass region 66-116 GeV. The individual cross sections are combined and the product of the total Z production cross section and Z→ττ branching fraction is measured to be 0.97±0.07(stat)±0.06(syst)±0.03(lumi)nb, in agreement with next-to-next-to-leading order calculations.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.84.112006
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.84.112006
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1550-7998
VL - 84
SP - 112006
JO - Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology)
JF - Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology)
IS - 11
ER -