Measurement of forward $\rm Z\rightarrow e^+e^-$ production at $\sqrts=8$ TeVстатья
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Аннотация:A measurement of the cross-section for Z-boson production in the forward region of p p collisions at 8 TeV centre-of-mass energy is presented. The measurement is based on a sample of Z→e+e− decays reconstructed using the LHCb detector, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.0 fb−1 . The acceptance is defined by the requirements 2.0<η<4.5 and pT>20 GeV for the pseudorapidities and transverse momenta of the leptons. Their invariant mass is required to lie in the range 60--120 GeV . The cross-section is determined to be
σ(pp→Z→e+e−)=93.81±0.41(stat)±1.48(syst)±1.14(lumi)pb,
where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second reflects all systematic effects apart from that arising from the luminosity, which is given as the third uncertainty. Differential cross-sections are presented as functions of the Z-boson rapidity and of the angular variable ϕ∗, which is related to the Z-boson transverse momentum.