Title Measurement of the inclusive W and Z production cross sections in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 7 TeV with the CMS experiment Author Chatrchyan, S. Khachatryan, V. Sirunyan, A. M. Bansal, S. de Wolf, E.A. Janssen, X. Mucibello, L. Roland, B. Rougny, R. Selvaggi, M. van Haevermaet, H. Van Mechelen, P. Van Remortel, N. et al. Faculty/Department Faculty of Sciences. Physics Publication type article Publication 2011 Bristol , 2011 Subject Physics Source (journal) Journal of high energy physics. - Bristol Volume/pages (2011) :10 , p. 1-76 ISSN 1126-6708 1029-8479 Article Reference 132 Carrier E-only publicatie Target language English (eng) Full text (Publishers DOI) Affiliation University of Antwerp Abstract A measurement of inclusive W and Z production cross sections in pp collisions at s=7 TeV is presented. The electron and muon decay channels are analyzed in a data sample collected with the CMS detector at the LHC and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36 pb−1. The measured inclusive cross sections are σ(pp → WX) × W  = 10.31 ± 0.02 (stat.) ± 0.09 (syst.) ± 0.10 (th.) ± 0.41 (lumi.) nb and σ(pp → ZX) × Z+−  = 0.974 ± 0.007 (stat.) ± 0.007 (syst.) ± 0.018 (th.) ± 0.039 (lumi.) nb, limited to the dilepton invariant mass range 60 to 120 GeV. The luminosity-independent cross section ratios are (σ(pp → WX) × W /(σ(pp → ZX) × Z+−  = 10.54 ± 0.07 (stat.) ± 0.08 (syst.) ± 0.16 (th.) and (σ(pp → W+ X) × W++ /(σ(pp → W− X) × W−−  = 1.421 ± 0.006 (stat.) ± 0.014 (syst.) ± 0.029 (th.). The measured values agree with next-to-next-to-leading order QCD cross section calculations based on recent parton distribution functions. Full text (open access) https://repository.uantwerpen.be/docman/irua/9eafb8/31122c3e.pdf E-info http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000296917300056&DestLinkType=RelatedRecords&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=ef845e08c439e550330acc77c7d2d848 http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000296917300056&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=ef845e08c439e550330acc77c7d2d848 http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000296917300056&DestLinkType=CitingArticles&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=ef845e08c439e550330acc77c7d2d848 Handle