著者

原 和彦 金 信弘 大川 英希 佐藤 構二 受川 史彦 ATLAS Collaboration Hara K. Kim S.H. Okawa H. Sato K. Ukegawa F.

出版者

Elsevier B.V.

雑誌

Physics letters. B (ISSN:03702693)

巻号頁・発行日

no.759, pp.601-621, 2016-08

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Measurements of the W±→ℓ±ν and Z→ℓ+ℓ− production cross sections (where ℓ±=e±,μ±) in proton–proton collisions at √s=13 TeV are presented using data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 81 pb−1. The total inclusive W±-boson production cross sections times the single-lepton-flavour branching ratios are σtotW+=11.83 ±0.02(stat)±0.32(sys)±0.25 (lumi) nb and σtotW−=8.79 ±0.02(stat)±0.24(sys)±0.18 (lumi) nb for W+ and W−, respectively. The total inclusive Z -boson production cross section times leptonic branching ratio, within the invariant mass window 66<mℓℓ<116 GeV, is σtotZ=1.981 ±0.007(stat)±0.038(sys)±0.042 (lumi) nb. The W+, W−, and Z -boson production cross sections and cross-section ratios within a fiducial region defined by the detector acceptance are also measured. The cross-section ratios benefit from significant cancellation of experimental uncertainties, resulting in σfidW+/σfidW−=1.295 ±0.003(stat)±0.010 (sys) and σfidW±/σfidZ=10.31 ±0.04(stat)±0.20 (sys). Theoretical predictions, based on calculations accurate to next-to-next-to-leading order for quantum chromodynamics and to next-to-leading order for electroweak processes and which employ different parton distribution function sets, are compared to these measurements.