Precision measurement of the Z boson invisible width in pp collisions at s=13 TeV

The CMS collaboration

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2022.137563

Precision measurement of the Z boson invisible width in pp collisions at s=13 TeV

The CMS collaboration

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A precise measurement of the invisible width of the Z boson produced in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV is presented using data recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36.3fb⁻¹. The result is obtained from a simultaneous fit to kinematic distributions for two data samples of Z boson plus jets: one dominated by Z boson decays to invisible particles and the other by Z boson decays to muon and electron pairs. The invisible width is measured to be 523±3(stat)±16(syst)MeV. This result is the first precise measurement of the invisible width of the Z boson at a hadron collider, and is the single most precise direct measurement to date, competitive with the combined result of the direct measurements from the LEP experiments.

Original language	English
Article number	137563
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	842
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2022.137563
State	Published - 10 Jul 2023

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Precision measurement of the Z boson invisible width in pp collisions at s=13 TeV

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