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High Energy Physics - Experiment, hep-ex
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LHCb - Abteilung Hofmann
Abstract:
A measurement of the $Z(\rightarrow\mu^+\mu^-)$+jet production cross-section
in $pp$ collisions at a centre-of-mass energy $\sqrt{s} = 7$ TeV is presented.
The analysis is based on an integrated luminosity of $1.0\,\text{fb}^{-1}$
recorded by the LHCb experiment. Results are shown with two jet transverse
momentum thresholds, 10 and 20 GeV, for both the overall cross-section within
the fiducial volume, and for six differential cross-section measurements. The
fiducial volume requires that both the jet and the muons from the Z boson decay
are produced in the forward direction ($2.0<\eta<4.5$). The results show good
agreement with theoretical predictions at the second-order expansion in the
coupling of the strong interaction.