Measurement of differential cross sections for Z boson production in association with jets in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV

The collaboration
Eur.Phys.J.C 78 (2018) 965, 2018.

Abstract
The production of a Z boson, decaying to two charged leptons, in association with jets in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV is measured. Data recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC are used that correspond to an integrated luminosity of 2.19 fb$^{-1}$. The cross section is measured as a function of the jet multiplicity and its dependence on the transverse momentum of the Z boson, the jet kinematic variables (transverse momentum and rapidity), the scalar sum of the jet momenta, which quantifies the hadronic activity, and the balance in transverse momentum between the reconstructed jet recoil and the Z boson. The measurements are compared with predictions from four different calculations. The first two merge matrix elements with different parton multiplicities in the final state and parton showering, one of which includes one-loop corrections. The third is a fixed-order calculation with next-to-next-to-leading order accuracy for the process with a Z boson and one parton in the final state. The fourth combines the fully differential next-to-next-to-leading order calculation with next-to-next-to-leading logarithm resummation and parton showering.

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Measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the exclusive jet multiplicity, $N_{\text{jets}}$, and breakdown of the relative uncertainty.

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Fig. 4 and Table 3 of https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6373-0

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Bin-to-bin correlation in the measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the exclusive jet multiplicity, $N_{\text{jets}}$.

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Measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of inclusive jet multiplicity, $N_{\text{jets}}^{\text{min}}$, and breakdown of the relative uncertainty.

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Bin-to-bin correlation in the measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of inclusive jet multiplicity, $N_{\text{jets}}^{\text{min}}$.

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Measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the transverse momementum of the Z boson, $p_{\text{T}}(\text{Z})$, for events with...

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Bin-to-bin correlation in the measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the transverse momementum of the Z boson,...

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Measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the transverse momenum of the first jet, $p_{\text{T}}(\text{j}_1)$, and breakdown of...

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Bin-to-bin correlation in the measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the transverse momenum of the first jet,...

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Measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the transverse momenum of the second jet, $p_{\text{T}}(\text{j}_2)$, and breakdown of...

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Bin-to-bin correlation in the measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the transverse momenum of the second jet,...

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Measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the transverse momenum of the third jet, $p_{\text{T}}(\text{j}_3)$, and breakdown of...

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Bin-to-bin correlation in the measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the transverse momenum of the third jet,...

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Measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the absolute rapidity of the first jet, $|y(\text{j}_1)|$, and breakdown of...

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Bin-to-bin correlation in the measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the absolute rapidity of the first jet,...

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Measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the absolute rapidity of the second jet, $|y(\text{j}_2)|$, and breakdown of...

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Bin-to-bin correlation in the measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the absolute rapidity of the second jet,...

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Measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the absolute rapidity of the third jet, $|y(\text{j}_3)|$, and breakdown of...

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Bin-to-bin correlation in the measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the absolute rapidity of the third jet,...

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Measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the $H_{\text{T}}$ observable for event with at least one jet and...

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Bin-to-bin correlation in the measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the $H_{\text{T}}$ observable for event with at...

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Measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the $H_{\text{T}}$ observable for event with at least two jets and...

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Bin-to-bin correlation in the measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the $H_{\text{T}}$ observable for event with at...

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Measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the $H_{\text{T}}$ observable for event with at least three jets and...

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Bin-to-bin correlation in the measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the $H_{\text{T}}$ observable for event with at...

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Measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the transverse momentum balance between the Z boson and the accompanying...

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Bin-to-bin correlation in the measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the transverse momentum balance between the Z...

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Measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the transverse momentum balance between the Z boson and the accompanying...

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Bin-to-bin correlation in the measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the transverse momentum balance between the Z...

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Measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the transverse momentum balance between the Z boson and the accompanying...

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Bin-to-bin correlation in the measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the transverse momentum balance between the Z...

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Measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the JZB variable with no restriction on $p_{\text{T}}(\text{Z})$ and breakdown of...

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Bin-to-bin correlation in the measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the JZB variable with no restriction on...

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Measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the JZB variable for $p_{\text{T}}(\text{Z})\leq50\,$GeV) and breakdown of the relative uncertainty.

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Bin-to-bin correlation in the measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the JZB variable for $p_{\text{T}}(\text{Z})\leq50\,$GeV).

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Measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the JZB variable for $p_{\text{T}}(\text{Z})>50\,$GeV and breakdown of the relative uncertainty.

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Bin-to-bin correlation in the measured cross section for Z+jets as a function of the JZB variable for $p_{\text{T}}(\text{Z})>50\,$GeV.