First Measurement of the b-jet Cross Section in Events with a W Boson in p anti-p Collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96-TeV

CDF Collaboration, Victoria Martin

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Abstract / Description of output

The cross section for jets from b quarks produced with a W boson has been measured in ppbar collision data from 1.9/fb of integrated luminosity recorded by the CDF II detector at the Tevatron. The W+b-jets process poses a significant background in measurements of top quark production and prominent searches for the Higgs boson. We measure a b-jet cross section of 2.74 +- 0.27(stat.) +- 0.42(syst.) pb in association with a single flavor of leptonic W boson decay over a limited kinematic phase space. This measured result cannot be accommodated in several available theoretical predictions.
Original languageEnglish
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume104
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • hep-ex

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'First Measurement of the b-jet Cross Section in Events with a W Boson in p anti-p Collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96-TeV'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this