@article{10902/13834,
year = {2014},
month = {5},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10902/13834},
abstract = {A measurement of total and fiducial inclusive W and Z boson production cross sections in pp collisions at √s = 8  TeV is presented. Electron and muon final states are analyzed in a data sample collected with the CMS detector corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 18.2 ± 0.5  pb−1. The measured total inclusive cross sections times branching fractions are σ(pp → WX)×B(W → ℓν) = 12.21 ±0.03(stat) ±0.24 (syst) ± 0.32 (lum)  nb and σ(pp → ZX)×B(Z → ℓ+ ℓ−) = 1.15 ± 0.01 (stat) ±0.02 (syst) ±0.03 (lum)  nb for the dilepton mass in the range of 60—120 GeV. The measured values agree with next-to-next-to-leading-order QCD cross section calculations. Ratios of cross sections are reported with a precision of 2%. This is the first measurement of inclusive W and Z boson production in proton-proton collisions at √s = 8  TeV.},
publisher = {American Physical Society},
publisher = {Phys. Rev. Lett. Vol. 112 Num. 19 Pag. 191802, (2014)},
title = {Measurement of Inclusive W and Z Boson Production Cross Sections in pp Collisions at √s = 8  TeV},
author = {Chatrchyan, Serguei and Brochero Cifuentes, Javier Andrés and Cabrillo Bartolomé, José Iban and Calderón Tazón, Alicia and Chuang, S. H. and Duarte Campderros, Jorge and Fernández García, Marcos and Gómez Gramuglio, Gervasio and González Sánchez, Francisco Javier and Graziano, Alberto and Jordá Lope, Clara and López Virto, María Amparo and Marco de Lucas, Jesús and Marco de Lucas, Rafael José and Martínez Rivero, Celso and Matorras Weinig, Francisco and Muñoz Sánchez, Francisca Javiela and Rodrigo Anoro, Teresa and Rodríguez Marrero, Ana Yaiza and Ruiz Jimeno, Alberto and Scodellaro, Luca and Vila Álvarez, Iván  and Vilar Cortabitarte, Rocío},
}