Publication
Title
Measurement of $d\sigma/dy$ of Drell-Yan $e^{+}e^{-}$ pairs in the Z mass region from $p\overline{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=1.96 TeV
Author
Abstract
 We report on a CDF measurement of the total cross section and rapidity distribution, d sigma/dy, for gamma*/Z -> e(+)e(-) events in the Z boson mass region (66 < M(ee) < 116 GeV/c(2)) produced in p (p) over bar collisions at root s = 1.96 TeV with 2.1 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity. The measured cross section of 257 +/- 16 pb and d sigma/dy distribution are compared with Next-to-Leading-Order (NLO) and Next-to-Next-to-Leading-Order (NNLO) QCD theory predictions with CTEQ and MRST/MSTW parton distribution functions (PDFs). There is good agreement between the experimental total cross section and d sigma/dy measurements with theoretical calculations with the most recent NNLO PDFs. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Physics letters: B. - Amsterdam, 1967, currens
Publication
Amsterdam : 2010
ISSN
0370-2693
Volume/pages
692:4(2010), p. 232-239
ISI
000282249400003
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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