Measurement of the cross section of high transverse momentum Z→bb¯ production in proton--proton collisions at √s=8TeV with the ATLAS Detector

G. Aad; B. Abbott; J. Abdallah; S. Abdel Khalek; O. Abdinov; R. Aben; B. Abi; M. Abolins; Mogens Dam; Jørn Dines Hansen; Jørgen Beck Hansen; Stefania Xella; Peter Henrik Hansen; Troels Christian Petersen; Alejandro Alonso Diaz; Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster; Lotte Ansgaard Thomsen; Sascha Mehlhase; Morten Dam Jørgensen; Almut Maria Pingel; Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen; James William Monk; Lars Egholm Pedersen; Graig Wiglesworth

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Measurement of the cross section of high transverse momentum Z→bb¯ production in proton--proton collisions at √s=8TeV with the ATLAS Detector

G. Aad, B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, S. Abdel Khalek, O. Abdinov, R. Aben, B. Abi, M. Abolins, Mogens Dam, Jørn Dines Hansen, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Stefania Xella, Peter Henrik Hansen, Troels Christian Petersen, Alejandro Alonso Diaz, Gorm Aske Gram Krohn Galster, Lotte Ansgaard Thomsen, Sascha Mehlhase, Morten Dam Jørgensen, Almut Maria PingelAsk Emil Løvschall-Jensen, James William Monk, Lars Egholm Pedersen, Graig Wiglesworth

Experimental Particle Physics

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This Letter reports the observation of a high transverse momentum Z→bb¯ signal in proton–proton collisions at s=8 TeV and the measurement of its production cross section. The data analysed were collected in 2012 with the ATLAS detector at the LHC and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 19.5 fb⁻¹. The Z→bb¯ decay is reconstructed from a pair of b-tagged jets, clustered with the anti-k_t jet algorithm with R=0.4, that have low angular separation and form a dijet with p_T>200 GeV. The signal yield is extracted from a fit to the dijet invariant mass distribution, with the dominant, multi-jet background mass shape estimated by employing a fully data-driven technique that reduces the dependence of the analysis on simulation. The fiducial cross section is determined to be σ_Z→bb¯ ^fid=2.02±0.20 (stat.) ±0.25 (syst.)±0.06 (lumi.) pb=2.02 ±0.33 pb, in good agreement with next-to-leading-order theoretical predictions.

Original language	English
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	738
Pages (from-to)	25-43
Number of pages	8
ISSN	0370-2693
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2014.09.020
Publication status	Published - 10 Nov 2014

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Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdel Khalek, S., Abdinov, O., Aben, R., Abi, B., Abolins, M., Dam, M., Hansen, J. D., Hansen, J. B., Xella, S., Hansen, P. H., Petersen, T. C., Alonso Diaz, A., Galster, G. A. G. K., Thomsen, L. A., Mehlhase, S., Jørgensen, M. D., ... Wiglesworth, G. (2014). Measurement of the cross section of high transverse momentum Z→bb¯ production in proton--proton collisions at √s=8TeV with the ATLAS Detector. Physics Letters B, 738, 25-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2014.09.020

Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abdallah, J, Abdel Khalek, S, Abdinov, O, Aben, R, Abi, B, Abolins, M, Dam, M , Hansen, JD , Hansen, JB , Xella, S , Hansen, PH , Petersen, TC, Alonso Diaz, A, Galster, GAGK, Thomsen, LA, Mehlhase, S, Jørgensen, MD, Pingel, AM, Løvschall-Jensen, AE, Monk, JW, Pedersen, LE & Wiglesworth, G 2014, 'Measurement of the cross section of high transverse momentum Z→bb¯ production in proton--proton collisions at √s=8TeV with the ATLAS Detector', Physics Letters B, vol. 738, pp. 25-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2014.09.020

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Measurement of the cross section of high transverse momentum Z→bb¯ production in proton--proton collisions at √s=8TeV with the ATLAS Detector

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