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Title: Measurement of the φ*η distribution of muon pairs with masses between 30 and 500 GeV in 10.4 fb-1 of pp¯ collisions

Abstract

We present a measurement of the distribution of the variable φ*η for muon pairs with masses between 30 and 500 GeV, using the complete run II data set collected by the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron proton-antiproton collider. This corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 10.4 fb–1 at √s = 1.96 TeV. The data are corrected for detector effects and presented in bins of dimuon rapidity and mass. The variable φ*η probes the same physical effects as the Z/γ* boson transverse momentum, but is less susceptible to the effects of experimental resolution and efficiency. These are the first measurements at any collider of the φ*η distributions for dilepton masses away from the Z → ℓ+ boson mass peak. As a result, the data are compared to QCD predictions based on the resummation of multiple soft gluons.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russia). et al.
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Contributing Org.:
D0 Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1226300
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1179323
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-14-430-E
Journal ID: ISSN 1550-7998; PRVDAQ; arXiv eprint number arXiv:1410.8052; TRN: US1600943
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11359
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 91; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 1550-7998
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

Citation Formats

Abazov, Victor Mukhamedovich. Measurement of the φ*η distribution of muon pairs with masses between 30 and 500 GeV in 10.4 fb-1 of pp¯ collisions. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.91.072002.
Abazov, Victor Mukhamedovich. Measurement of the φ*η distribution of muon pairs with masses between 30 and 500 GeV in 10.4 fb-1 of pp¯ collisions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.91.072002
Abazov, Victor Mukhamedovich. 2015. "Measurement of the φ*η distribution of muon pairs with masses between 30 and 500 GeV in 10.4 fb-1 of pp¯ collisions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.91.072002. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1226300.
@article{osti_1226300,
title = {Measurement of the φ*η distribution of muon pairs with masses between 30 and 500 GeV in 10.4 fb-1 of pp¯ collisions},
author = {Abazov, Victor Mukhamedovich},
abstractNote = {We present a measurement of the distribution of the variable φ*η for muon pairs with masses between 30 and 500 GeV, using the complete run II data set collected by the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron proton-antiproton collider. This corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 10.4 fb–1 at √s = 1.96 TeV. The data are corrected for detector effects and presented in bins of dimuon rapidity and mass. The variable φ*η probes the same physical effects as the Z/γ* boson transverse momentum, but is less susceptible to the effects of experimental resolution and efficiency. These are the first measurements at any collider of the φ*η distributions for dilepton masses away from the Z → ℓ+ℓ– boson mass peak. As a result, the data are compared to QCD predictions based on the resummation of multiple soft gluons.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.91.072002},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1226300}, journal = {Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology},
issn = {1550-7998},
number = 7,
volume = 91,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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FIG. 1 FIG. 1: Illustration in the plane transverse to the beam direction of the variables defined in the text and used to analyse the dilepton transverse momentum. The variables $$a_{T}$$ and $$a_{L}$$ correspond to the decomposition of $$p^{ℓℓ}_{T}$$ into two orthogonal components relative to the dilepton thrust axis $$\hat{t}$$, as illustrated.

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