{
  "id": "1611.06507",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2016-11-20T12:15:36.000Z",
  "updated": "2016-11-20T12:15:36.000Z",
  "title": "Measurements of the associated production of a Z boson and b jets in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV",
  "authors": [
    "CMS Collaboration"
  ],
  "comment": "Submitted to Eur. Phys. J. C",
  "categories": [
    "hep-ex"
  ],
  "abstract": "Measurements of the associated production of a Z boson with at least one jet originating from a b quark in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV are presented. Differential cross sections are measured with data collected by the CMS experiment corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.8 inverse femtobarns. Z bosons are reconstructed through their decays to electrons and muons. Cross sections are measured as a function of observables characterizing the kinematics of the b jet and the Z boson. Ratios of differential cross sections for the associated production with at least one b jet to the associated production with any jet are also presented. The production of a Z boson with two b jets is investigated, and differential cross sections are measured for the dijet system. Results are compared to theoretical predictions, testing two different flavour schemes for the choice of initial-state partons.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2016-11-20T12:15:36.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "associated production",
      "differential cross sections",
      "pp collisions",
      "measurements",
      "proton-proton collisions"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}