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We present results for the Drell-Yan process $pp \to Z/\gamma^* + X \to l^+l^- + X$ in the presence of the rapidity dependent jet vetoes $\mathcal{T}_{Bj}$ and $\mathcal{T}_{Cj}.$ These observables provide a tighter veto at central…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-08-11 Thomas Clark , Shireen Gangal , Jonathan R. Gaunt

I report on precision comparisons of theoretical predictions for Drell-Yan (DY) transverse momentum spectra from two approaches: the analytical resummation approach based on Collins-Soper-Sterman (CSS) formalism and the parton branching…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-08-10 Aron Mees van Kampen

We demonstrate that measurements of the neutral-current Drell-Yan transverse momentum distribution binned in invariant mass are sensitive to unexplored dimension-8 parameters of the Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT). These…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-09-14 Radja Boughezal , Yingsheng Huang , Frank Petriello

A quantitative estimate is presented for the double transverse spin asymmetries at measured q_T in both the Drell-Yan process and W-boson production due to Transverse Momentum Dependent (TMD) effects. These spin asymmetries are calculated…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-07-01 Wilco J. den Dunnen , Daniel Boer , Aram Kotzinian

A measurement of angular correlations in Drell-Yan lepton pairs via the phistar observable is presented. This variable probes the same physics as the Z/gamma* boson transverse momentum with a better experimental resolution. The…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-06-25 ATLAS Collaboration

We consider the transverse-momentum ($q_T$) distribution of Drell-Yan lepton pairs produced with invariant masses ($M$) from low values up to the $Z$-boson peak ($4\leq M \leq 116$~GeV). We present perturbative predictions obtained by…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-01-27 Stefano Camarda , Giancarlo Ferrera , Lorenzo Rossi

Forward Drell-Yan process at the LHC probes the proton structure at very small Bjorken-$x$ and moderate hard scales. In this kinematical domain higher twist effects may be significant and introduce sizeable corrections to the standard…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-04 Leszek Motyka , Mariusz Sadzikowski , Tomasz Stebel

A multi-purpose fixed-target experiment using the proton and lead-ion beams of the LHC was recently proposed by Brodsky, Fleuret, Hadjidakis and Lansberg, and here we concentrate our study on some issues related to the spin physics part of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-06-18 Tianbo Liu , Bo-Qiang Ma

We consider the color gauge invariance of a factorized description of the Drell-Yan process cross section. In particular, we focus on the next-to-leading twist contributions for polarized scattering and on the cross section differential in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 Daniel Boer , P. J. Mulders

We consider two different spin asymmetries in Drell-Yan processes generated by the collisions of an unpolarized proton beam on transversely polarized protons: the muon helicity asymmetry and the left-right asymmetry. We calculate the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-01-07 Elvio Di Salvo

We report on a precision measurement of the effective weak mixing angle using the forward-backward asymmetry, $A_{FB}$, in Drell-Yan ($ee$ and $\mu\mu$) events in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}=8~\mathrm{TeV}$ at the CMS experiment at the Large…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-01-23 Arie Bodek

We study transverse momentum dependent factorization and resummation at sub-leading power in Drell-Yan and semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering. In these processes the sub-leading power contributions to the cross section enter as a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-02-15 Leonard Gamberg , Zhong-Bo Kang , Ding Yu Shao , John Terry , Fanyi Zhao

We present a fit of the transverse momentum spectrum for Drell-Yan and semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering data, based on transverse momentum dependent (TMD) factorization at N$^4$LL accuracy. Our analysis shows good agreement with the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-10-06 Valentin Moos , Ignazio Scimemi , Alexey Vladimirov , Pia Zurita

Distributions of transverse momentum $p_T^{ll}$ and the angular variable $\phi^*_\eta$ of Drell--Yan lepton pairs are measured in 20.3 fb$^{-1}$ of proton--proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}=8$ TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-06-02 ATLAS Collaboration

Based on the use of contour gauge and collinear factorization, we propose a new set of single spin asymmetry which can be measured in polarized Drell-Yan process by SPD@NICA. We stress that the discussed single transverse spin asymmetries…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-02-14 I. V. Anikin , L. Szymanowski , O. V. Teryaev , N. Volchanskiy

In this work, the P-P(\={P}) Drell-Yan lepton pair production (DY) differential cross sections at hadrons colliders, such as LHC and TEVATRON, are studied in the ${k_{t}}$-factorization framework. In order to take into account the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-09-13 M. Modarres , R. Taghavi , R. Aminzadeh Nik , R. Kord Valeshabadi

We present a comprehensive study of the angular structure functions for Drell-Yan leptons in $Z/\gamma$-boson production within the framework of the transverse momentum dependent (TMD) factorization theorem, including kinematic power…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-07-10 Sara Piloneta , Alexey Vladimirov

We consider the diffractive Drell-Yan process in proton-(anti)proton collisions at high energies in the color dipole approach. The calculations are performed at forward rapidities of the leptonic pair. Effect of eikonalization of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-30 R. S. Pasechnik , B. Z. Kopeliovich

We study the Drell-Yan production cross section and structure functions in proton (deuteron)-nucleus collisions using the Color Glass Condensate formalism. The nucleus is treated in the Color Glass Condensate framework which includes both…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-03-25 Francois Gelis , Jamal Jalilian-Marian

This paper presents a measurement of the double-differential cross section for the Drell-Yan $Z/\gamma^{*} \rightarrow \ell^{+} \ell^{-}$ and photon-induced $\gamma\gamma \rightarrow \ell^{+} \ell^{-}$ processes where $\ell$ is an electron…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-09-06 ATLAS Collaboration