Measurement of the jet mass in high transverse momentum Z(→bb‾)γ production at √s=13TeV using the ATLAS detector
The integrated fiducial cross-section and unfolded differential jet mass spectrum of high transverse momentum Z→bb‾ decays are measured in Zγ events in proton-proton collisions at s=13TeV. The data analysed were collected between 2015 and 2016 with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider and...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Physics letters
Year: 2020, Volume: 812 |
| ISSN: | 1873-2445 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135991 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135991 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269320307942 |
| Author Notes: | The ATLAS Collaboration |
| Summary: | The integrated fiducial cross-section and unfolded differential jet mass spectrum of high transverse momentum Z→bb‾ decays are measured in Zγ events in proton-proton collisions at s=13TeV. The data analysed were collected between 2015 and 2016 with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 36.1fb−1. Photons are required to have a transverse momentum pT>175GeV. The Z→bb‾ decay is reconstructed using a jet with pT>200GeV, found with the anti-kt R=1.0 jet algorithm, and groomed to remove soft and wide-angle radiation and to mitigate contributions from the underlying event and additional proton-proton collisions. Two different but related measurements are performed using two jet grooming definitions for reconstructing the Z→bb‾ decay: trimming and soft drop. These algorithms differ in their experimental and phenomenological implications regarding jet mass reconstruction and theoretical precision. To identify Z bosons, b-tagged R=0.2 track-jets matched to the groomed large-R calorimeter jet are used as a proxy for the b-quarks. The signal yield is determined from fits of the data-driven background templates to the different jet mass distributions for the two grooming methods. Integrated fiducial cross-sections and unfolded jet mass spectra for each grooming method are compared with leading-order theoretical predictions. The results are found to be in good agreement with Standard Model expectations within the current statistical and systematic uncertainties. |
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| Item Description: | Available online 3 December 2020 Im Titel steht der Buchstabe s unter dem Wurzelsymbol Im Titel steht der zweite Buchstabe b mit einem Oberstrich Gesehen am 11.03.2021 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1873-2445 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135991 |