Studies of inclusive four-jet production with two bb-tagged jets in proton-proton collisions at 7 TeV

Collaboration
Sep 12, 2016
24 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 94 (2016) 11, 112005
  • Published: Dec 8, 2016
e-Print:
Report number:
  • CMS-FSQ-13-010,
  • CERN-EP-2016-191
Experiments:

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Abstract: (APS)
Measurements are presented of the cross section for the production of at least four jets, of which at least two originate from b quarks, in proton-proton collisions. Data collected with the CMS detector at the LHC at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV are used, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3  pb-1. The cross section is measured as a function of the jet transverse momentum for pT>20  GeV, and of the jet pseudorapidity for |η|<2.4 (b jets), 4.7 (untagged jets). The correlations in azimuthal angle and pT between the jets are also studied. The inclusive cross section is measured to be σ(pp→2b+2j+X)=69±3(stat)±24(syst)  nb. The η and pT distributions of the four jets and the correlations between them are well reproduced by event generators that combine perturbative QCD calculations at next-to-leading-order accuracy with contributions from parton showers and multiparton interactions.
Note:
  • p p: colliding beams
  • jet: multiple production
  • cross section: measured
  • p p: scattering
  • jet: transverse momentum
  • jet: rapidity
  • jet: bottom
  • bottom: particle identification
  • parton: showers
  • transverse momentum dependence