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{\sl MC@NLO 3.1}~\cite{Frixione:2002ik} NLO event generator |
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together with CTEQ6M PDF set. |
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{\sl MC@NLO 3.1} NLO event generator~\cite{Frixione:2002ik} |
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together with CTEQ6M PDF set. |
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The goal of this analysis is to study the associative production of the on-shell |
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% \scalebox{0.8}{\includegraphics{figs/k_faktor_for_Note.eps}} |
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\caption{Top plot: comparison of $p_T(Z)$ distributions for NLO and LO; bottom plot: k factor } |
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\scalebox{0.8}{\includegraphics{figs/k_faktor_for_Note.eps}} |
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\caption{Top plot: comparison of $p_T(Z)$ distributions for NLO and LO for \WZ production |
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allowing off-shell vector bosons including photon contribution; |
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bottom plot: $k$-factor fit to a line.} |
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\label{fig:LOvsNLO} |
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\end{center} |
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instrumental. The only physics background is from $Z^0Z^0$ production |
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where one of the leptons is either mis-reconstructed or lost. |
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The instrumental backgrounds are all due to mis-identified electron candidates |
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The instrumental backgrounds are all due to misidentified electron candidates |
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from either jets or photons. These backgrounds include production of $\W$ and $\Z$ bosons |
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with jets and $t\bar{t}$ processes and $Z^0\gamma$ process. The background from $W\gamma$ |
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production, where the $\gamma$ converts and produces a dielectron system is neglected |
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production, where the $\gamma$ converts and produces a di-electron system is neglected |
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due to a requirement on the $\ell^+\ell^-$ invariant mass to be consistent with the nominal \Z boson mass. |
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All non-negligible instrumental backgrounds are summarized below. |
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values of the jet transverse momentum. |
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\item $t\bar{t}$: each of the top quarks decay into a $\W b$ pair producing at least two |
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leptons and two $b$-quark jets. Although this process does not have a genuine $\Z$ |
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candidate and can be suppressed be a $\Z$ candidate invariant mass requirement, |
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candidate and can be suppressed by a $\Z$ candidate invariant mass requirement, |
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the probability for a $b$-quark jet to decay semi-leptonically and be misidentified |
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as a lepton is higher than that from a light-quark jets. The cross-section of the $t\bar{t}$ |
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production is also exceed by about 15 times the cross-section of the \WZ production. |
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are generated using $\mathrm{CMSSW}\_1\_4_\_6$ using the full {\sl GEANT} |
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simulation of the CMS detector. The digitization and reconstruction are |
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done using a newer $\mathrm{CMSSW}\_1\_6_\_7$ release with a |
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misalignment/miscalibration of the detector scenario expected |
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misalignment/mis-calibration of the detector scenario expected |
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to be achieved after collection of $\sim$ 100~pb$^{-1}$ of data. |
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All {\sl ALPGEN} samples are mixed together in further referred to as to a |
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``Chowder soup''. |
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Sample & cross section, pb & Events & Dataset name \\ \hline |
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$\WZ$ & 1.12 & 59K & /WZ/CMSSW$\_1\_6\_7$-CSA07-1195663763\\ \hline |
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$\Z b\bar{b}$ & 830*0.173 (NLO) & 1.9M & /comphep-bbll/CMSSW$\_1\_6\_7$-CSA07-1198677426\\ \hline |
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Chowder & Event Weight & $\sim$ 21M & /CSA07AllEvents/\\ & & & CMSSW$\_1\_6\_7$-CSA07-Chowder-A1-PDAllEvents-ReReco |
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Chowder & Event Weight & $\sim$ 25M & /CSA07AllEvents/\\ & & & CMSSW$\_1\_6\_7$-CSA07-Chowder-A1-PDAllEvents-ReReco |
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-100pb\\ \hline |
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$\Z\Z$ inclusive & 16.1 (NLO) & $\sim$ 140k & /ZZ$\_$incl/CMSSW$\_1\_6\_7$-CSA07-1194964234/RECO\\ \hline |
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$\Z\gamma \rightarrow e^+e^-\gamma$ & 1.08 (NLO) & $\sim$125k &/Zeegamma/CMSSW$\_1\_6\_7$-CSA07-1198935518/RECO \\ \hline |
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$\Z\gamma \rightarrow \mu^+\mu^-\gamma$ & 1.08 (NLO) & $\sim$ 93k & /Zmumugamma/CMSSW$\_1\_6\_7$-CSA07-1194806860/RECO\\ \hline |
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$\Z\Z$ inclusive & 16.1 (NLO) & $\sim$ 140K & /ZZ$\_$incl/CMSSW$\_1\_6\_7$-CSA07-1194964234/RECO\\ \hline |
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$\Z\gamma \rightarrow e^+e^-\gamma$ & 1.08 (NLO) & $\sim$125K &/Zeegamma/CMSSW$\_1\_6\_7$-CSA07-1198935518/RECO \\ \hline |
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$\Z\gamma \rightarrow \mu^+\mu^-\gamma$ & 1.08 (NLO) & $\sim$ 93K & /Zmumugamma/CMSSW$\_1\_6\_7$-CSA07-1194806860/RECO\\ \hline |
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\label{tab:MC} |
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\caption{Monte Carlo samples used in this analysis using 100 pb$^{-1}$ scenario} |
