Measurement of the production cross section for W-bosons in association with jets in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector
Abstract
This Letter reports on a first measurement of the inclusive W + jets cross section in proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV at the LHC, with the ATLAS detector. Cross sections, in both the electron and muon decay modes of the W-boson, are presented as a function of jet multiplicity and of the transverse momentum of the leading and next-to-leading jets in the event. Measurements are also presented of the ratio of cross sections σ(W+≥n)/σ(W+≥n−1) for inclusive jet multiplicities n=1–4. The results, based on an integrated luminosity of 1.3 pb^(−1), have been corrected for all known detector effects and are quoted in a limited and well-defined range of jet and lepton kinematics. The measured cross sections are compared to particle-level predictions based on perturbative QCD. Next-to-leading order calculations, studied here for n≤2, are found in good agreement with the data. Leading-order multiparton event generators, normalized to the NNLO total cross section, describe the data well for all measured jet multiplicities.
Additional Information
© 2011 CERN. Published by Elsevier B.V. This article is published Open Access at sciencedirect.com. It is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited. Received 24 December 2010; revised 4 March 2011; accepted 5 March 2011. Editor: L. Rolandi. Available online 16 March 2011. We thank Zbigniew Was and Frank Krauss for useful discussions. We wish to thank CERN for the efficient commissioning and operation of the LHC during this initial high-energy data-taking period as well as the support staff from our institutions without whom ATLAS could not be operated efficiently. We acknowledge the support of ANPCyT, Argentina; YerPhI, Armenia; ARC, Australia; BMWF, Austria; ANAS, Azerbaijan; SSTC, Belarus; CNPq and FAPESP, Brazil; NSERC, NRC and CFI, Canada; CERN; CONICYT, Chile; CAS, MOST and NSFC, China; COLCIENCIAS, Colombia; MSMT CR, MPO CR and VSC CR, Czech Republic; DNRF, DNSRC and Lundbeck Foundation, Denmark; ARTEMIS, European Union; IN2P3–CNRS, CEA-DSM/IRFU, France; GNAS, Georgia; BMBF, DFG, HGF, MPG and AvH Foundation, Germany; GSRT, Greece; ISF, MINERVA, GIF, DIP and Benoziyo Center, Israel; INFN, Italy; MEXT and JSPS, Japan; CNRST, Morocco; FOM and NWO, Netherlands; RCN, Norway; MNiSW, Poland; GRICES and FCT, Portugal; MERYS (MECTS), Romania; MES of Russia and ROSATOM, Russian Federation; JINR; MSTD, Serbia; MSSR, Slovakia; ARRS and MVZT, Slovenia; DST/NRF, South Africa; MICINN, Spain; SRC and Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden; SER, SNSF and Cantons of Bern and Geneva, Switzerland; NSC, Taiwan; TAEK, Turkey; STFC, the Royal Society and Leverhulme Trust, United Kingdom; DOE and NSF, United States of America. The crucial computing support from all WLCG partners is acknowledged gratefully, in particular from CERN and the ATLAS Tier-1 facilities at TRIUMF (Canada), NDGF (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), CC-IN2P3 (France), KIT/GridKA (Germany), INFN-CNAF (Italy), NL-T1 (Netherlands), PIC (Spain), ASGC (Taiwan), RAL (UK) and BNL (USA) and in the Tier-2 facilities worldwide.Attached Files
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- ANPCyT (Argentina)
- YerPhl (Armenia)
- ARC (Australia)
- BMWF (Austria)
- ANAS (Azerbaijan)
- SSTC (Belarus)
- CNPq and FAPESP (Brazil)
- NSERC (Canada)
- NRC (Canada)
- CFI (Canada)
- CERN
- CONICYT (Chile)
- CAS (China)
- MOST and NSFC (China)
- COLCIENCIAS (Colombia)
- MSMT CR (Czech Republic)
- MPO CR (Czech Republic)
- VSC CR (Czech Republic)
- DNRF (Denmark)
- DNSRC (Denmark)
- Lundbeck Foundation (Denmark)
- ARTEMIS
- European Union
- IN2P3-CNRS (France)
- CEA-DSM/IRFU (France)
- GNAS (Georgia)
- BMBF (Germany)
- DFG (Germany)
- HGF (Germany)
- MPG (Germany)
- AvH Foundation (Germany)
- GSRT (Greece)
- ISF (Israel)
- MINERVA (Israel)
- GIF (Israel)
- DIP (Israel)
- Benoziyo Center (Israel)
- INFN (Italy)
- MEXT and JPS (Japan)
- CNRST (Morocco)
- FOM and NWO (The Netherlands)
- RCN (Norway)
- MNiSW (Poland)
- GRICES and FCT (Portugal)
- MERYS (MECTS) (Romania)
- MES (Russia)
- ROSATOM (Russian Federation)
- JINR
- MSTD (Serbia)
- MSSR (Slovakia)
- ARRS and MVZT (Slovenia)
- DST/NRF (South Africa)
- MICINN (Spain)
- SRC (Sweden)
- Wallenberg Foundation (Sweden)
- SER (Switzerland)
- SNSF (Switzerland)
- Cantons of Bern and Geneva (Switzerland)
- NSC (Taiwan)
- TAEK (Turkey)
- STFC
- Royal Society (United Kingdom)
- Leverhulme Trust (United Kingdom)
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- NSF
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