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Precise study of the Z/gamma* boson transverse momentum distribution in ppbar collisions using a novel technique

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Precise study of the Z/gamma* boson transverse momentum distribution in ppbar collisions using a novel technique. / Collaboration, D0; Bertram, Iain; Borissov, Guennadi et al.
In: Physical review letters, Vol. 106, No. 12, 122001, 26.03.2011.

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Collaboration, D, Bertram, I, Borissov, G, Fox, H, Ross, A, Williams, M, Ratoff, P, Love, P & Sopczak, A 2011, 'Precise study of the Z/gamma* boson transverse momentum distribution in ppbar collisions using a novel technique', Physical review letters, vol. 106, no. 12, 122001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.122001

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Collaboration, D., Bertram, I., Borissov, G., Fox, H., Ross, A., Williams, M., Ratoff, P., Love, P., & Sopczak, A. (2011). Precise study of the Z/gamma* boson transverse momentum distribution in ppbar collisions using a novel technique. Physical review letters, 106(12), Article 122001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.122001

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Collaboration D, Bertram I, Borissov G, Fox H, Ross A, Williams M et al. Precise study of the Z/gamma* boson transverse momentum distribution in ppbar collisions using a novel technique. Physical review letters. 2011 Mar 26;106(12):122001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.122001

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Collaboration, D0 ; Bertram, Iain ; Borissov, Guennadi et al. / Precise study of the Z/gamma* boson transverse momentum distribution in ppbar collisions using a novel technique. In: Physical review letters. 2011 ; Vol. 106, No. 12.

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abstract = "Using 7.3 pb-1 of ppbar collisions collected by the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron, we measure the distribution of the variable \phistar, which probes the same physical effects as the Z/gamma* boson transverse momentum, but is less susceptible to the effects of experimental resolution and efficiency. A QCD prediction is found to describe the general features of the \phistar distribution, but is unable to describe its detailed shape or dependence on boson rapidity. A prediction that includes a broadening of transverse momentum for small values of the parton momentum fraction is strongly disfavored.",
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AU - Fox, Harald

AU - Ross, Anthony

AU - Williams, Mark

AU - Ratoff, Peter

AU - Love, Peter

AU - Sopczak, Andre

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