Measurement of the W ¿ l¿ and Z/¿* ¿ ll production cross sections in proton-proton collisions at vs= 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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Measurement of the W ¿ l¿ and Z/¿* ¿ ll production cross sections in proton-proton collisions at vs= 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector. / Aad...[et al.], G.; Dam, Mogens; Hansen, John Renner; Hansen, Jørgen Beck; Hansen, Jørn Dines; Hansen, Peter Henrik; Jørgensen, Morten Dam; Klinkby, Esben Bryndt; Xella, Stefania.

In: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Vol. 2010, No. 12, 04.12.2010, p. 1-65.

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Aad...[et al.], G, Dam, M, Hansen, JR, Hansen, JB, Hansen, JD, Hansen, PH, Jørgensen, MD, Klinkby, EB & Xella, S 2010, 'Measurement of the W ¿ l¿ and Z/¿* ¿ ll production cross sections in proton-proton collisions at vs= 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector', Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), vol. 2010, no. 12, pp. 1-65. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2010)060

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Aad...[et al.], G., Dam, M., Hansen, J. R., Hansen, J. B., Hansen, J. D., Hansen, P. H., Jørgensen, M. D., Klinkby, E. B., & Xella, S. (2010). Measurement of the W ¿ l¿ and Z/¿* ¿ ll production cross sections in proton-proton collisions at vs= 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), 2010(12), 1-65. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2010)060

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Aad...[et al.] G, Dam M, Hansen JR, Hansen JB, Hansen JD, Hansen PH et al. Measurement of the W ¿ l¿ and Z/¿* ¿ ll production cross sections in proton-proton collisions at vs= 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Journal of High Energy Physics (Online). 2010 Dec 4;2010(12):1-65. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2010)060

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Aad...[et al.], G. ; Dam, Mogens ; Hansen, John Renner ; Hansen, Jørgen Beck ; Hansen, Jørn Dines ; Hansen, Peter Henrik ; Jørgensen, Morten Dam ; Klinkby, Esben Bryndt ; Xella, Stefania. / Measurement of the W ¿ l¿ and Z/¿* ¿ ll production cross sections in proton-proton collisions at vs= 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector. In: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online). 2010 ; Vol. 2010, No. 12. pp. 1-65.

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abstract = "First measurements of the W ¿ l¿ and Z/¿ * ¿ ll (l = e, µ) production cross sections in proton-proton collisions at s=7TeV are presented using data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. The results are based on 2250 W ¿ l¿ and 179 Z/¿ * ¿ ll candidate events selected from a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of approximately 320 nb. The measured total W and Z/¿ *-boson production cross sections times the respective leptonic branching ratios for the combined electron and muon channels are Wtot. BR(W ¿ l¿) = 9.96 ± 0.23(stat) ± 0.50(syst) ± 1.10(lumi) nb and totZ BR(Z/¿ * ¿ ll) = 0.82 ± 0.06 (stat) ± 0.05 (syst) ± 0.09(lumi) nb (within the invariant mass window 66 < m ll < 116GeV). The W/Z cross-section ratio is measured to be 11.7 ± 0.9(stat) ± 0.4(syst). In addition, measurements of the W + and W - production cross sections and of the lepton charge asymmetry are reported. Theoretical predictions based on NNLO QCD calculations are found to agree with the measurements.",
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N2 - First measurements of the W ¿ l¿ and Z/¿ * ¿ ll (l = e, µ) production cross sections in proton-proton collisions at s=7TeV are presented using data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC. The results are based on 2250 W ¿ l¿ and 179 Z/¿ * ¿ ll candidate events selected from a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of approximately 320 nb. The measured total W and Z/¿ *-boson production cross sections times the respective leptonic branching ratios for the combined electron and muon channels are Wtot. BR(W ¿ l¿) = 9.96 ± 0.23(stat) ± 0.50(syst) ± 1.10(lumi) nb and totZ BR(Z/¿ * ¿ ll) = 0.82 ± 0.06 (stat) ± 0.05 (syst) ± 0.09(lumi) nb (within the invariant mass window 66 < m ll < 116GeV). The W/Z cross-section ratio is measured to be 11.7 ± 0.9(stat) ± 0.4(syst). In addition, measurements of the W + and W - production cross sections and of the lepton charge asymmetry are reported. Theoretical predictions based on NNLO QCD calculations are found to agree with the measurements.

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