Measurement of W± -boson and Z-boson production cross-sections in pp collisions at √s=2.76 TeV with the ATLAS detector

ATLAS Collaboration, G Aad, Torsten Åkesson, Simona Bocchetta, Lene Bryngemark, Eric Edward Corrigan, Caterina Doglioni, Kristian Gregersen, Eva Brottmann Hansen, Vincent Hedberg, Göran Jarlskog, Charles Kalderon, Edgar Kellermann, Balazs Konya, Else Lytken, Katja Mankinen, Caterina Marcon, Ulf Mjörnmark, Geoffrey André Adrien Mullier, Ruth PöttgenTrine Poulsen, Eleni Skorda, Oxana Smirnova, L Zwalinski

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Abstract

The production cross-sections for W± and Z bosons are measured using ATLAS data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.0 pb- 1 collected at a centre-of-mass energy s=2.76 TeV. The decay channels W→ ℓν and Z→ ℓℓ are used, where ℓ can be an electron or a muon. The cross-sections are presented for a fiducial region defined by the detector acceptance and are also extrapolated to the full phase space for the total inclusive production cross-section. The combined (average) total inclusive cross-sections for the electron and muon channels are: σW+→ℓνtot=2312±26(stat.)±27(syst.)±72(lumi.)±30(extr.)pb,σW-→ℓνtot=1399±21(stat.)±17(syst.)±43(lumi.)±21(extr.)pb,σZ→ℓℓtot=323.4±9.8(stat.)±5.0(syst.)±10.0(lumi.)±5.5(extr.)pb.Measured ratios and asymmetries constructed using these cross-sections are also presented. These observables benefit from full or partial cancellation of many systematic uncertainties that are correlated between the different measurements. © 2019, CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration.
Original languageEnglish
Article number901
JournalEuropean Physical Journal C
Volume79
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Subatomic Physics

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