Precise measurements of $W$- and $Z$-boson transverse momentum spectra with the ATLAS detector using $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 5.02$ TeV and $13$ TeV

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contents This paper describes measurements of the transverse momentum spectra of $W$ and $Z$ bosons produced in proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of $\sqrt{s}=5.02$ TeV and $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. Measurements are performed in the electron and muon channels, $W \to \ellν$ and $Z \to \ell\ell$ ($\ell=e$ or $μ$), and for $W$ events further separated by charge. The data were collected in 2017 and 2018, in dedicated runs with reduced instantaneous luminosity, and correspond to $255$ pb$^{-1}$ and $338$ pb$^{-1}$ at $\sqrt{s}=5.02$ TeV and $13$ TeV, respectively. These conditions optimise the reconstruction of the $W$-boson transverse momentum. The distributions observed in the electron and muon channels are unfolded, combined, and compared to QCD calculations based on parton shower Monte Carlo event generators and analytical resummation. The description of the transverse momentum distributions by Monte Carlo event generators is imperfect and shows significant differences largely common to $W^-$, $W^+$ and $Z$ production. The agreement is better at $\sqrt{s}=5.02$ TeV, especially for predictions that were tuned to $Z$ production data at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV. Higher-order, resummed predictions based on DYTurbo generally match the data best across the spectra. Distribution ratios are also presented and test the understanding of differences between the production processes.
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spellingShingle Precise measurements of $W$- and $Z$-boson transverse momentum spectra with the ATLAS detector using $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 5.02$ TeV and $13$ TeV
ATLAS Collaboration
High Energy Physics - Experiment
This paper describes measurements of the transverse momentum spectra of $W$ and $Z$ bosons produced in proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of $\sqrt{s}=5.02$ TeV and $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV with the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. Measurements are performed in the electron and muon channels, $W \to \ellν$ and $Z \to \ell\ell$ ($\ell=e$ or $μ$), and for $W$ events further separated by charge. The data were collected in 2017 and 2018, in dedicated runs with reduced instantaneous luminosity, and correspond to $255$ pb$^{-1}$ and $338$ pb$^{-1}$ at $\sqrt{s}=5.02$ TeV and $13$ TeV, respectively. These conditions optimise the reconstruction of the $W$-boson transverse momentum. The distributions observed in the electron and muon channels are unfolded, combined, and compared to QCD calculations based on parton shower Monte Carlo event generators and analytical resummation. The description of the transverse momentum distributions by Monte Carlo event generators is imperfect and shows significant differences largely common to $W^-$, $W^+$ and $Z$ production. The agreement is better at $\sqrt{s}=5.02$ TeV, especially for predictions that were tuned to $Z$ production data at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV. Higher-order, resummed predictions based on DYTurbo generally match the data best across the spectra. Distribution ratios are also presented and test the understanding of differences between the production processes.
title Precise measurements of $W$- and $Z$-boson transverse momentum spectra with the ATLAS detector using $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 5.02$ TeV and $13$ TeV
topic High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.06204