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Title: | Measurement of the transverse momentum and ϕη∗ distributions of Drell–Yan lepton pairs in proton–proton collisions at √ s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector | Authors: | Santos, S. P. Amor dos Carvalho, J. Fiolhais, M. C. N. Galhardo, B. Veloso, F. Wolters, H. ATLAS Collaboration |
Issue Date: | 2016 | Publisher: | Springer Nature | Serial title, monograph or event: | European Physical Journal C | Volume: | 76 | Issue: | 5 | Abstract: | Distributions of transverse momentum pT ℓℓ and the related angular variable ϕη∗ of Drell–Yan lepton pairs are measured in 20.3fb-1 of proton–proton collisions at √ s = 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Measurements in electron-pair and muon-pair final states are corrected for detector effects and combined. Compared to previous measurements in proton–proton collisions at √ s = 7 TeV, these new measurements benefit from a larger data sample and improved control of systematic uncertainties. Measurements are performed in bins of lepton-pair mass above, around and below the Z-boson mass peak. The data are compared to predictions from perturbative and resummed QCD calculations. For values of ϕη∗ < 1 the predictions from the Monte Carlo generator ResBos are generally consistent with the data within the theoretical uncertainties. However, at larger values of ϕη∗ this is not the case. Monte Carlo generators based on the parton-shower approach are unable to describe the data over the full range of pT ℓℓ while the fixed-order prediction of Dynnlo falls below the data at high values of pT ℓℓ. ResBos and the parton-shower Monte Carlo generators provide a much better description of the evolution of the ϕη∗ and pT ℓℓ distributions as a function of lepton-pair mass and rapidity than the basic shape of the data. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/108547 | DOI: | 10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4070-4 | Rights: | openAccess |
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