Rapidity distributions in exclusive Z plus jet and gamma plus jet events in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV

Rapidity distributions are presented for events containing either a Z boson or a photon with a single jet in proton-proton collisions produced at the CERN LHC. The data, collected with the CMS detector at √s=7 TeV, correspond to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb-1. The individual rapidity distribut...

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Main Authors: Chatrchyan, S, Khachatryan, V, Sirunyan, A, Tumasyan, A, Adam, W, Bergauer, T, Dragicevic, M, Eroe, J, Fabjan, C, Friedl, M, Fruehwirth, R, Ghete, V, Hoermann, N, Hrubec, J, Jeitler, M, Kiesenhofer, W, Knuenz, V, Krammer, M, Kraetschmer, I, Liko, D, Mikulec, I, Rabady, D, Rahbaran, B, Rohringer, C, Rohringer, H
Format: Journal article
Published: 2013
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Summary:Rapidity distributions are presented for events containing either a Z boson or a photon with a single jet in proton-proton collisions produced at the CERN LHC. The data, collected with the CMS detector at √s=7 TeV, correspond to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb-1. The individual rapidity distributions of the boson and the jet are consistent within 5% with expectations from perturbative QCD. However, QCD predictions for the sum and the difference in rapidities of the two final-state objects show discrepancies with CMS data. In particular, next-to-leading-order QCD calculations, and two common Monte Carlo event generators using different methods to match matrix-element partons with parton showers, appear inconsistent with the data as well as with each other. © 2013 CERN. Published by the American Physical Society.