Abstract:
<a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><a:mi>Z</a:mi></a:math> boson events at the Large Hadron Collider can be selected with high purity and are sensitive to a diverse range of QCD phenomena. As a result, these events are often used to probe the nature of the strong force, improve Monte Carlo event generators, and search for deviations from standard model predictions. All previous measurements of <c:math xmlns:c="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><c:mi>Z</c:mi></c:math> boson production characterize the event properties using a small number of observables and present the results as differential cross sections in predetermined bins. In this analysis, a machine learning method called is used to produce a simultaneous measurement of twenty-four <e:math xmlns:e="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><e:mi>Z</e:mi><e:mo>+</e:mo><e:mtext>jets</e:mtext></e:math> observables using <g:math xmlns:g="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><g:mn>139</g:mn><g:mtext> </g:mtext><g:mtext> </g:mtext><g:msup><g:mi>fb</g:mi><g:mrow><g:mo>−</g:mo><g:mn>1</g:mn></g:mrow></g:msup></g:math> of proton-proton collisions at <i:math xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><i:msqrt><i:mi>s</i:mi></i:msqrt><i:mo>=</i:mo><i:mn>13</i:mn><i:mtext> </i:mtext><i:mtext> </i:mtext><i:mi>TeV</i:mi></i:math> collected with the ATLAS detector. Unlike any previous fiducial differential cross-section measurement, this result is presented unbinned as a dataset of particle-level events, allowing for flexible reuse in a variety of contexts and for new observables to be constructed from the twenty-four measured observables. © 2024 CERN, for the ATLAS Collaboration 2024 CERN
Tópico:
Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies