The cross section for jets from b quarks produced with a W boson has been measured in p (p) over bar collision data from 1: 9 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity recorded by the CDF II detector at the Tevatron. The W + b-jets process poses a significant background in measurements of top quark production and prominent searches for the Higgs boson. We measure a b-jet cross section of 2.74 + 0.27(stat) +/- 0.42(syst) pb in association with a single flavor of leptonic W boson decay over a limited kinematic phase space. This measured result cannot be accommodated in several available theoretical predictions. RI De Cecco, Sandro/B-1016-2012; Robson, Aidan/G-1087-2011; St.Denis, Richard/C-8997-2012; Prokoshin, Fedor/E-2795-2012; Ruiz, Alberto/E-4473-2011
First Measurement of the b-Jet Cross Section in Events with a W Boson in p(p)over-bar Collisions at root s=1.96 TeV
PIACENTINO, Giovanni Maria;
2010-01-01
Abstract
The cross section for jets from b quarks produced with a W boson has been measured in p (p) over bar collision data from 1: 9 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity recorded by the CDF II detector at the Tevatron. The W + b-jets process poses a significant background in measurements of top quark production and prominent searches for the Higgs boson. We measure a b-jet cross section of 2.74 + 0.27(stat) +/- 0.42(syst) pb in association with a single flavor of leptonic W boson decay over a limited kinematic phase space. This measured result cannot be accommodated in several available theoretical predictions. RI De Cecco, Sandro/B-1016-2012; Robson, Aidan/G-1087-2011; St.Denis, Richard/C-8997-2012; Prokoshin, Fedor/E-2795-2012; Ruiz, Alberto/E-4473-2011I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
