Measurement of differential production cross sections for Z/?* bosons in association with jets in p¯p collisions at vs=1.96TeV

Abstract

Differential cross sections for the production of Z bosons or off-shell photons ?* in association with jets are measured in proton-antiproton collisions at center-of-mass energy vs=1.96 TeV using the full data set collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab in Tevatron run II and corresponding to 9.6 fb-1 of integrated luminosity. Results include first measurements at CDF of differential cross sections in events with a Z/?* boson and three or more jets, the inclusive cross section for production of Z/?* and four or more jets, and cross sections as functions of various angular observables in lower jet-multiplicity final states. Measured cross sections are compared to several theoretical predictions.