Publication
Title
Measurement of the production cross section of a W boson in association with two b jets in pp collisions at =8TeV
Author
Institution/Organisation
CMS Collaboration
Abstract
The production cross section of a W boson in association with two b jets is measured using a sample of proton-proton collisions at root s = 8 TeV collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 19.8 fb(-1). The W bosons are reconstructed via their leptonic decays, W -> l(v) where l = mu or e. The fiducial region studied contains exactly one lepton with transverse momentum pT(l) > 30 GeV and pseudorapidity |eta(l)| < 2.1, with exactly two b jets with pT > 25 GeV and |eta(l)| < 2.4 and no other jets with pT > 25 GeV and |eta(l)| < 4.7. The cross section is measured to be sigma(pp -> W(lv)+b<(b)over bar>) = 0.64 +/- 0.03 (stat) +/- 0.10 (syst) +/- 0.06 (theo) +/- 0.02 (lumi) pb, in agreement with standard model predictions.
Language
English
Source (journal)
European physical journal : C : particles and fields. - Berlin
Publication
Berlin : 2017
ISSN
1434-6044
1434-6052
DOI
10.1140/EPJC/S10052-016-4573-Z
Volume/pages
77 :2 (2017) , 23 p.
Article Reference
92
ISI
000400005100003
Medium
E-only publicatie
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Last edited 09.10.2023
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