Measurement of the angular coefficients in Z-boson events using electron and muon pairs from data taken at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration

doi:10.1007/JHEP08(2016)159

Measurement of the angular coefficients in Z-boson events using electron and muon pairs from data taken at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

The ATLAS collaboration

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Abstract

The angular distributions of Drell-Yan charged lepton pairs in the vicinity of the Z-boson mass peak probe the underlying QCD dynamics of Z-boson production. This paper presents a measurement of the complete set of angular coefficients A₀₋₇ describing these distributions in the Z-boson Collins-Soper frame. The data analysed correspond to 20.3 fb⁻¹ of pp collisions at s=8 TeV, collected by the ATLAS detector at the CERN LHC. The measurements are compared to the most precise fixed-order calculations currently available (O(αs2)) and with theoretical predictions embedded in Monte Carlo generators. The measurements are precise enough to probe QCD corrections beyond the formal accuracy of these calculations and to provide discrimination between different parton-shower models. A significant deviation from the (O(αs2)) predictions is observed for A₀ − A₂. Evidence is found for non-zero A_5,6,7, consistent with expectations.[Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Original language	English (US)
Article number	159
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume	2016
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2016)159
State	Published - Aug 1 2016

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Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)

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Measurement of the angular coefficients in Z-boson events using electron and muon pairs from data taken at √s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

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