The differential cross section for the process Z/gamma* -> ll (l = e, mu) as a function of dilepton invariant mass is measured in pp collisions at root s = 7 TeV at the LHC using the ATLAS detector. The measurement is performed in the e and mu channels for invariant masses between 26 GeV and 66 GeV using an integrated luminosity of 1.6 fb(-1) collected in 2011 and these measurements are combined. The analysis is extended to invariant masses as low as 12 GeV in the muon channel using 35 pb(-1) of data collected in 2010. The cross sections are determined within fiducial acceptance regions and corrections to extrapolate the measurements to the full kinematic range are provided. Next-to-next-to-leading-order QCD predictions provide a significantly better description of the results than next-to-leading-order QCD calculations, unless the latter are matched to a parton shower calculation.

Aad, G., Abajyan, T., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdel Khalek, S., Abdinov, O., et al. (2014). Measurement of the low-mass Drell-Yan differential cross section at root s=7 TeV using the ATLAS detector. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 06(6), 1-45 [10.1007/JHEP06(2014)112].

Measurement of the low-mass Drell-Yan differential cross section at root s=7 TeV using the ATLAS detector

V. Bortolotto;F. Ceradini;B. Di Micco;R. Di Nardo;D. Orestano;F. Petrucci;G. Salamanna;M. Trovatelli;
2014-01-01

Abstract

The differential cross section for the process Z/gamma* -> ll (l = e, mu) as a function of dilepton invariant mass is measured in pp collisions at root s = 7 TeV at the LHC using the ATLAS detector. The measurement is performed in the e and mu channels for invariant masses between 26 GeV and 66 GeV using an integrated luminosity of 1.6 fb(-1) collected in 2011 and these measurements are combined. The analysis is extended to invariant masses as low as 12 GeV in the muon channel using 35 pb(-1) of data collected in 2010. The cross sections are determined within fiducial acceptance regions and corrections to extrapolate the measurements to the full kinematic range are provided. Next-to-next-to-leading-order QCD predictions provide a significantly better description of the results than next-to-leading-order QCD calculations, unless the latter are matched to a parton shower calculation.
2014
Aad, G., Abajyan, T., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdel Khalek, S., Abdinov, O., et al. (2014). Measurement of the low-mass Drell-Yan differential cross section at root s=7 TeV using the ATLAS detector. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 06(6), 1-45 [10.1007/JHEP06(2014)112].
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