TY - JOUR

T1 - Measurement of the Ratio of Inclusive Cross Sections (pZ+b jet)/(pZ+jet) at =1.96 TeV

AU - DO Collaboration, The

AU - Bertram, Iain A.

AU - Borissov, Guennadi V.

AU - Ratoff, Peter N.

AU - Sopczak, Andre

N1 - Author list is partial - see original article for full author list.

PY - 2005/4/29

Y1 - 2005/4/29

N2 - Using the data collected with the D0 detector at =1.96 TeV, for integrated luminosities of about 180 pb-1, we have measured the ratio of inclusive cross sections for pZ+b jet to pZ+jet production. The inclusive Z+b-jet reaction is an important background to searches for the Higgs boson in associated ZH production at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. Our measurement is the first of its kind, and relies on the Ze+e- and Zµ+µ- modes. The combined measurement of the ratio yields 0.021±0.005 for hadronic jets with transverse momenta pT>20 GeV/c and pseudorapidities ||<2.5, consistent with next-to-leading-order predictions of the standard model.

AB - Using the data collected with the D0 detector at =1.96 TeV, for integrated luminosities of about 180 pb-1, we have measured the ratio of inclusive cross sections for pZ+b jet to pZ+jet production. The inclusive Z+b-jet reaction is an important background to searches for the Higgs boson in associated ZH production at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. Our measurement is the first of its kind, and relies on the Ze+e- and Zµ+µ- modes. The combined measurement of the ratio yields 0.021±0.005 for hadronic jets with transverse momenta pT>20 GeV/c and pseudorapidities ||<2.5, consistent with next-to-leading-order predictions of the standard model.

KW - proton-proton inclusive interactions

KW - Z bosons

KW - Higgs bosons

KW - intermediate boson decay

KW - standard model

U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.161801

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.161801

M3 - Journal article

VL - 94

SP - 161801

JO - Physical review letters

JF - Physical review letters

SN - 1079-7114

IS - 16

ER -