Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Abstract
Measurements of jet production rates in association with W and Z bosons for jet transverse momenta above 30 GeV are reported, using a sample of proton-proton collision events recorded by CMS at √s = 7TeV , corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36 pb − 1. The study includes the measurement of the normalized inclusive rates of jets σ(V + ≥ n jets)/σ(V), where V represents either a W or a Z. In addition, the ratio of W to Z cross sections and the W charge asymmetry as a function of the number of associated jets are measured. A test of scaling at √s = 7TeV is also presented. The measurements provide a stringent test of perturbative-QCD calculations and are sensitive to the possible presence of new physics. The results are in agreement with the predictions of a simulation that uses explicit matrix element calculations for final states with jets.
DOI
10.1007/JHEP01(2012)010
Publication Date
2012
Recommended Citation
Chatrchyan, S.; Baarmand, Marc M.; Dorney, B.; Hohlmann, Marcus; Kalakhety, Himali; Vodopiyanov, Igor; and The CMS Collaboration, "Jet Production Rates In Association With W And Z Bosons In pp Collisions At √s = 7 TeV" (2012). Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Faculty Publications. 572.
https://repository.fit.edu/apss_faculty/572