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Determination of the strong coupling constant α S(mZ) from measurements of inclusive W ± and Z boson production cross sections in proton-proton collisions at √s = 7 and 8 TeV. / The CMS collaboration.
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T1 - Determination of the strong coupling constant α S(mZ) from measurements of inclusive W ± and Z boson production cross sections in proton-proton collisions at √s = 7 and 8 TeV
AU - The CMS collaboration
AU - Sirunyan, A. M.
AU - Tumasyan, A.
AU - Adam, W.
AU - Ambrogi, F.
AU - Bergauer, T.
AU - Dragicevic, M.
AU - Erö, J.
AU - Escalante Del Valle, A.
AU - Flechl, M.
AU - Frühwirth, R.
AU - Jeitler, M.
AU - Krammer, N.
AU - Krätschmer, I.
AU - Liko, D.
AU - Madlener, T.
AU - Mikulec, I.
AU - Rad, N.
AU - Schieck, J.
AU - Schöfbeck, R.
AU - Spanring, M.
AU - Waltenberger, W.
AU - Wulz, C. E.
AU - Zarucki, M.
AU - Drugakov, V.
AU - Mossolov, V.
AU - Suarez Gonzalez, J.
AU - Darwish, M. R.
AU - De Wolf, E. A.
AU - Di Croce, D.
AU - Janssen, X.
AU - Lelek, A.
AU - Pieters, M.
AU - Rejeb Sfar, H.
AU - Van Haevermaet, H.
AU - Van Mechelen, P.
AU - Van Putte, S.
AU - Van Remortel, N.
AU - Blekman, F.
AU - Bols, E. S.
AU - Chhibra, S. S.
AU - D’Hondt, J.
AU - De Clercq, J.
AU - Lontkovskyi, D.
AU - Lowette, S.
AU - Marchesini, I.
AU - Barnyakov, A.
AU - Blinov, V.
AU - Dimova, T.
AU - Kardapoltsev, L.
AU - Skovpen, Y.
PY - 2020/6/1
Y1 - 2020/6/1
N2 - Twelve measurements of inclusive cross sections of W± and Z boson production, performed in proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, are compared with perturbative quantum chromodynamics calculations at next-to-next- to-leading order (NNLO) accuracy obtained with the CT14, HERAPDF2.0, MMHT14, and NNPDF3.0 parton distribution functions (PDFs). Data and theory agree well for all PDF sets, taking into account the experimental and theoretical uncertainties. A novel procedure is employed to extract the strong coupling constant at the Z pole mass from a detailed comparison of all the experimental fiducial cross sections to the corresponding NNLO theoretical predictions, yielding αS(mZ)=0.1163−0.0031+0.0024 (CT14), 0.1072−0.0040+0.0043 (HERAPDF2.0), 0.1186 ± 0.0025 (MMHT14), and 0.1147 ± 0.0023 (NNPDF3.0). Using the results obtained with the CT14 and MMHT14 PDFs, which yield the most robust and stable αS(mZ) extractions, a value αS(mZ)=0.1175−0.0028+0.0025 is determined.
AB - Twelve measurements of inclusive cross sections of W± and Z boson production, performed in proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, are compared with perturbative quantum chromodynamics calculations at next-to-next- to-leading order (NNLO) accuracy obtained with the CT14, HERAPDF2.0, MMHT14, and NNPDF3.0 parton distribution functions (PDFs). Data and theory agree well for all PDF sets, taking into account the experimental and theoretical uncertainties. A novel procedure is employed to extract the strong coupling constant at the Z pole mass from a detailed comparison of all the experimental fiducial cross sections to the corresponding NNLO theoretical predictions, yielding αS(mZ)=0.1163−0.0031+0.0024 (CT14), 0.1072−0.0040+0.0043 (HERAPDF2.0), 0.1186 ± 0.0025 (MMHT14), and 0.1147 ± 0.0023 (NNPDF3.0). Using the results obtained with the CT14 and MMHT14 PDFs, which yield the most robust and stable αS(mZ) extractions, a value αS(mZ)=0.1175−0.0028+0.0025 is determined.
KW - Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments)
KW - Particle and resonance production
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086027848&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/JHEP06(2020)018
DO - 10.1007/JHEP06(2020)018
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85086027848
VL - 2020
JO - Journal of High Energy Physics
JF - Journal of High Energy Physics
SN - 1029-8479
IS - 6
M1 - 18
ER -
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