scholarly journals Measurement of the production cross-section of a single top quark in association with a Z boson in proton–proton collisions at 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

2018 ◽  
Vol 780 ◽  
pp. 557-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Aaboud ◽  
G. Aad ◽  
B. Abbott ◽  
O. Abdinov ◽  
B. Abeloos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Top Quark ◽  
Production Cross Section ◽  
Z Boson ◽  
Production Cross ◽  
Atlas Detector ◽  
Proton Proton ◽  
Proton Collisions ◽  
Single Top ◽  
Proton Proton Collisions

scholarly journals Cross Section Prediction for Inclusive Production of Z Boson in pp Collisions at s=14 TeV: A Study of Systematic Uncertainty due to Scale Dependence

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasan Ogul ◽  
Kamuran Dilsiz
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Production Cross Section ◽  
Z Boson ◽  
Production Cross ◽  
Branching Ratio ◽  
Leading Order ◽  
Proton Proton ◽  
Proton Collisions ◽  
Central Values ◽  
Proton Proton Collisions

Prediction of Z→l+l- production cross section (where l±=e±,μ±) in proton-proton collisions at s=14 TeV is estimated up to next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) in perturbative QCD including next-to-leading order (NLO) electroweak (EW) corrections. The total inclusive Z boson production cross section times leptonic branching ratio, within the invariant mass window 66<mll<116 GeV, is predicted using NNLO HERAPDF2.0 at NNLO QCD and NLO EW as σZTot=2111.69-26.92+26.31 (PDF) ±11 (αs) ±17 (scale) -30.98+57.41 (parameterization and model). Theoretical prediction of the fiducial cross section is further computed with the latest modern PDF models (CT14, MMHT2014, NNPDF3.0, HERAPDF2.0, and ABM12) at NNLO for QCD and NLO for EW. The central values of the predictions are based on DYNNLO 1.5 program and the uncertainties are extracted using FEWZ 3.1 program. In addition, the cross section is also calculated as functions of μR and μF scales. The choice of μR and μF for scale variation uncertainty is further discussed in detail.

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