Differential Production Cross Section of <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi mathvariant="italic">Z</mi></math></span> Bosons as a Function of Transverse Momentum at <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><msqrt><mrow><mi mathvariant="italic">s</mi></mrow></msqrt><mspace></mspace><mo>=</mo><mspace></mspace><mn>1.8</mn><mn></mn><mi></mi><mi>TeV</mi></math></span> TeV

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.2792

Differential Production Cross Section of $Z$ Bosons as a Function of Transverse Momentum at $\sqrt{s} = 1.8 TeV$ TeV

B. Abbott et al. (D0 Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 2792 – Published 27 March 2000

Abstract

We present a measurement of the transverse momentum distribution of $Z$ bosons produced in $p \bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 1.8$ TeV from data collected by the DØ experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. We find good agreement between our results and current resummation calculations, and also use our data to extract nonperturbative parameters for a particular version of the resummation formalism. The resulting values are significantly more precise than obtained in previous determinations.