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Constraining $Z^\prime$ widths from $p_T$ measurements in Drell-Yan processes

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2018-03-09 v2

Abstract

We define a Focus Point (FP) Asymmetry, AFPA_{\rm FP}, obtained by integrating the normalised transverse momentum distribution of either lepton produced in the Drell-Yan (DY) process below and above a point where a variety of popular ZZ^\prime models all have the same magnitude. For a given ZZ^\prime mass the position of this FP is predictable, depending only on the collider energy and on the low transverse momentum cut chosen in the normalisation procedure. The resulting AFPA_{\rm FP} is very sensitive to the ZZ^\prime width, and can be used to constrain this parameter in experimental fits.

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@article{arxiv.1703.04360,
  title  = {Constraining $Z^\prime$ widths from $p_T$ measurements in Drell-Yan processes},
  author = {Elena Accomando and Juri Fiaschi and Stefano Moretti and Claire H. Shepherd-Themistocleous},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.04360},
  year   = {2018}
}

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13 pages, 15 figures

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