ICHEP2012

Measurement of b-quark production in association with W or Z bosons in ppbar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV

Not scheduled

15m

Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

Parallel Sessions Track 6. QCD, Jets, Parton Distributions

Speaker

Dr Avto Kharchilava (State University of New York (US))

Description

Measurements of the total and differential cross section for the production of b-quarks in association with either W or Z bosons in ppbar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV are presented using data collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. The W and Z bosons are identified via their leptonic decays, while the fraction of b-jets is determined via an algorithm that employs the kinematic properties of the tracks associated to jets. Results are compared to NLO theoretical predictions and to MC event generators.