Event-shape observables measured using charged particles in inclusive Z-boson events are presented, using the electron and muon decay modes of the Z bosons. The measurements are based on an integrated luminosity of 1.1fb−1 of proton--proton collisions recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC at a centre-of-mass energy sqrt(s) = 7 TeV. Charged-particle distributions, excluding the lepton--antilepton pair from the Z-boson decay, are measured in different ranges of transverse momentum of the Z boson. Distributions include multiplicity, scalar sum of transverse momenta, beam thrust, transverse thrust, spherocity, and F-parameter, which are in particular sensitive to properties of the underlying event at small values of the Z-boson transverse momentum. The Sherpa event generator shows larger deviations from the measured observables than Pythia8 and Herwig7. Typically, all three Monte Carlo generators provide predictions that are in better agreement with the data at high Z-boson transverse momenta than at low Z-boson transverse momenta and for the observables that are less sensitive to the number of charged particles in the event.

Measurement of event-shape observables in Z -> l+l- events in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

CHIODINI, GABRIELE;GORINI, Edoardo;PRIMAVERA, Margherita;SPAGNOLO, Stefania Antonia;VENTURA, Andrea
2016-01-01

Abstract

Event-shape observables measured using charged particles in inclusive Z-boson events are presented, using the electron and muon decay modes of the Z bosons. The measurements are based on an integrated luminosity of 1.1fb−1 of proton--proton collisions recorded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC at a centre-of-mass energy sqrt(s) = 7 TeV. Charged-particle distributions, excluding the lepton--antilepton pair from the Z-boson decay, are measured in different ranges of transverse momentum of the Z boson. Distributions include multiplicity, scalar sum of transverse momenta, beam thrust, transverse thrust, spherocity, and F-parameter, which are in particular sensitive to properties of the underlying event at small values of the Z-boson transverse momentum. The Sherpa event generator shows larger deviations from the measured observables than Pythia8 and Herwig7. Typically, all three Monte Carlo generators provide predictions that are in better agreement with the data at high Z-boson transverse momenta than at low Z-boson transverse momenta and for the observables that are less sensitive to the number of charged particles in the event.
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