Measurement of the inclusive cross section Z→μμ production

Standard Model electroweak processes are the first studies to be performed at the LHC. We developed an analysis strategy to measure the inclusive production of the Z boson decaying into muon pairs with the very first LHC data at CMS. We will analyze the very first collisions data as soon as produced by the LHC.

References

• JHEP 1110(2011)132
• CMS PAS EWK-10-005
• JHEP 1101(2011)080
• CMS PAS 2010/002
• CMS AN-2010/116 (internal document)
• CMS PAS 2009/001
• CMS AN-2009/005 (internal document)
• CMS AN-2008/062 (internal document)

Theses

• Pasquale Noli, PhD, Determination of the pp→ZX→μ⁺μ^-X inclusive cross section with a simultaneous fit of Z yield, muon reconstruction efficiencies and High Level Trigger efficiency, 2009

• Annapaola de Cosa, MS, Measurement of the inclusive Z→μμ cross section at the LHC experiment, 2009

• Michele de Gruttola, MS, Studio del canale pp →Z+X→μ⁺μ^-X con il rivelatore CMS ad LHC, 2007