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Title: A study of multi-jet production in association with an electroweak vector boson

Abstract

Here, we consider the production of a single Z or W boson in association with jets at the LHC. We compute the corresponding cross sections by matching NLO QCD predictions with the Herwig++ and Pythia8 parton showers, and by merging all of the underlying matrix elements with up to two light partons at the Born level. We compare our results with several 7-TeV measurements by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations, and overall we find a good agreement between theory and data.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5]
  1. Technische Univ. Munchen, Garching (Germany)
  2. INFN, Genoa (Italy)
  3. European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland)
  4. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  5. Univ. di Torino and INFN, Turin (Italy)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
OSTI Identifier:
1236417
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-16421
Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479; arXiv:1511.00847
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online); Journal Volume: 2016; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer Berlin
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Phenomenology-HEP; HEPTH; HEPPH; NLO Computations; Hadronic Colliders

Citation Formats

Frederix, R., Frixione, S., Papaefstathiou, A., Prestel, S., and Torrielli, P. A study of multi-jet production in association with an electroweak vector boson. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1007/JHEP02(2016)131.
Frederix, R., Frixione, S., Papaefstathiou, A., Prestel, S., & Torrielli, P. A study of multi-jet production in association with an electroweak vector boson. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2016)131
Frederix, R., Frixione, S., Papaefstathiou, A., Prestel, S., and Torrielli, P. Fri . "A study of multi-jet production in association with an electroweak vector boson". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2016)131. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1236417.
@article{osti_1236417,
title = {A study of multi-jet production in association with an electroweak vector boson},
author = {Frederix, R. and Frixione, S. and Papaefstathiou, A. and Prestel, S. and Torrielli, P.},
abstractNote = {Here, we consider the production of a single Z or W boson in association with jets at the LHC. We compute the corresponding cross sections by matching NLO QCD predictions with the Herwig++ and Pythia8 parton showers, and by merging all of the underlying matrix elements with up to two light partons at the Born level. We compare our results with several 7-TeV measurements by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations, and overall we find a good agreement between theory and data.},
doi = {10.1007/JHEP02(2016)131},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
number = 2,
volume = 2016,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Fri Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}

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