Published May 15, 2018 | Version v1

Generator-level acceptance for the measurement of the inclusive cross section of W-boson and Z-boson production in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 5 TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC

Authors/Creators

  • 1. MIT

Contributors

Supervisor:

  • 1. MIT

Description

The inclusive cross section of vector boson production in proton-proton collisions is one of the key measurements for constraining the Standard Model and an important part of the physics program at the LHC. Measurement of the inclusive cross section requires calculating the detector acceptance of decay products. The acceptance of the CMS detector of leptonic decays of W and Z bosons produced in pp colisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 5 TeV is calculated using Monte Carlo event simulation. Statistical and systematic uncertainties on the acceptance measurement from PDF and $\alpha_s$ uncertainty and higher-order correction are reported. The use of the calculated acceptance in combination with measurements of detector efficiency, luminosity, and particle counting to determine the inclusive cross section is outlined. A total integrated luminosity of 331.64 pb$^{-1}$ from 2015 and 2017 CMS data at $\sqrt{s}$ = 5 TeV is available for the calculation of the inclusive cross section.

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Identifiers

CDS
2715348
CDS Report Number
CERN-THESIS-2018-470

Related works

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Other: 1721.1/115668 (Handle)
Other: 1789636 (Inspire)

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Accelerator
CERN LHC
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CMS

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