Measurement of the underlying event using the Drell-Yan process in proton-proton collisions at s=13 TeV\sqrt{s} = 13~\mathrm{TeV}

Collaboration
2016
19 pages
Report number:
  • CMS-PAS-FSQ-16-008
Experiments:

Citations per year

20162017201803
Abstract:
This article presents a measurement of the underlying event activity, in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV13~\mathrm{TeV}, performed using inclusive Z-boson events (qqμ+μ\mathrm{qq} \rightarrow \mu^+\mu^-) collected by the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. The analyzed data corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 2.1 fb12.1~\mathrm{fb}^{-1}. The Underlying event activity is quantified in terms of charged particle multiplicity and their scalar pTp_{\rm T} sum in different topological regions defined with respect to the azimuthal direction of the two muons coming from the decay of the Z-boson. The distributions are unfolded to stable charged-particle level and are compared with prediction from various models at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV13~\mathrm{TeV}, as well as with measurements at a centre-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV1.96~\mathrm{TeV} and 7 TeV7~\mathrm{TeV} by the CDF and CMS experiments.
Note:
  • Preliminary results
  • Data
  • p p: scattering
  • p p: colliding beams
  • charged particle: multiplicity
  • charged particle: stability
  • charged particle: transverse momentum
  • Z0: leptonic decay
  • underlying event
  • CMS
  • Drell-Yan process