Precision measurement of forward $Z$ boson production in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV

The LHCb collaboration
JHEP 07 (2022) 026, 2022.

Abstract (data abstract)
A precision measurement of the $Z$ boson production cross-section at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV in the forward regionis presented, using $pp$ collision data collected by the LHCb detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.1 fb$^{-1}$. The production cross-section is measured using $Z\to \mu^+ \mu^-$ events within the fiducial region defined as pseudorapidity $2.0<\eta<4.5$ and transverse momentum $p_{T}>20$ GeV/$\it{c}$ for both muonsand dimuon invariant mass $60<M_{\mu \mu}<120$ GeV/$\it{c}^{2}$. The integrated cross-section is determined to be\begin{equation*}\sigma(Z\rightarrow \mu^{+} \mu^{-}) = 196.4 \pm 0.2 \pm 1.6 \pm 3.9~pb,\end{equation*}where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic, and the third is due to the luminosity determination.The measured results are in agreement with theoretical predictions within uncertainties.

  • Table 1

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    Relative uncertainty for the integrated $Z -> \mu^{+} \mu^{-}$ cross-section measurement. The total uncertainty is the quadratic sum of uncertainties...

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    Final state radiation correction used in the $y^{Z}$ cross-section measurement. The first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic.

  • Table 3

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    Final state radiation correction used in the $p_{T}^{Z}$ cross-section measurement. The first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic.

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    Final state radiation correction used in the $\phi_{\eta}^{*}$ cross-section measurement. The first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic.

  • Table 5

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    Final state radiation correction used in the $y^{Z}-p_{T}^{Z}$ cross-section measurement. The first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic.

  • Table 6

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    Final state radiation correction used in the $y^{Z}-\phi_{\eta}^{*}$ cross-section measurement. The first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic.

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    Correlation matrix of statistical uncertainty for one-dimensional $y^Z$ measurement.

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    Correlation matrix of statistical uncertainty for one-dimensional $p_{T}^{Z}$ measurement.

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    Correlation matrix of statistical uncertainty for one-dimensional $\phi_{\eta}^{*}$ measurement.

  • Figure 13 (left)

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    Correlation matrix of statistical uncertainty for two-dimensional $y^Z-p_{T}^{Z}$ measurement.

  • Figure 13 (right)

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    Correlation matrix of statistical uncertainty for two-dimensional $y^Z-\phi_{\eta}^{*}$ measurement.

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    Correlation matrix of efficiency uncertainty for one-dimensional $y^Z$ measurement.

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    Correlation matrix of efficiency uncertainty for one-dimensional $p_{T}^{Z}$ measurement.

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    Correlation matrix of efficiency uncertainty for one-dimensional $\phi_{\eta}^{*}$ measurement.

  • Figure 15 (left)

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    Correlation matrix of efficiency uncertainty for two-dimensional $y^Z-p_{T}^{Z}$ measurement.

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    Data from Figure 15 (right)

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    Correlation matrix of efficiency uncertainty for two-dimensional $y^Z-\phi_{\eta}^{*}$ measurement.

  • Table 13

    Data from Table 13

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    Measured total $Z$-boson cross-section for different datasets. The first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic, and the third is due...

  • Table 14

    Data from Table 14

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    Measured single differential cross-sections in interval regions of $y^{Z}$. The first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic, and the third...

  • Table 15

    Data from Table 15

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    Measured single differential cross-sections in interval regions of $p_{T}^{Z}$. The first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic, and the third...

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    Data from Table 16

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    Measured single differential cross-sections in interval regions of $\phi_{\eta}^{*}$. The first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic, and the third...

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    Data from Table 17

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    Measured double differential cross-sections in interval regions of $y^{Z}$ and $p_{T}^{Z}$. The first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic, and...

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    Data from Table 18

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    Measured double differential cross-sections in interval regions of $y^{Z}$ and $\phi_{\eta}^{*}$. The first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic, and...

  • Table 19

    Data from Table 19

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    Systematic uncertainties in the single differential cross-sections in interval regions of $y^{Z}$, presented in percentage. The contributions from efficiency (Eff),...

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    Data from Table 20

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    Systematic uncertainties in the single differential cross-sections in interval regions of $p_{T}^{Z}$, presented in percentage. The contributions from efficiency (Eff),...

  • Table 21

    Data from Table 21

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    Systematic uncertainties in the single differential cross-sections in interval regions of $\phi_{\eta}^{*}$, presented in percentage. The contributions from efficiency (Eff),...

  • Table 22

    Data from Table 22

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    Systematic uncertainties in the double differential cross-sections in interval regions of $y^{Z}$ and $p_{T}^{Z}$, presented in percentage. The contributions from...

  • Table 23

    Data from Table 23

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    Systematic uncertainties in the double differential cross-sections in interval regions of $y^{Z}$ and $\phi_{\eta}^{*}$, presented in percentage. The contributions from...

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