Measurement of the Transverse Momentum Distribution for $Z$ Boson Production at the Tevatron
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Abstract
We present a measurement of the transverse momentum distribution for $\sigma(p\bar{p}\rightarrow Z/\gamma^{\ast}) \cdot Br(Z/\gamma^{\ast}\rightarrow\mu\mu)$ in the 66~GeV/$c^{2}$ to 116~GeV/$c^{2}$ $Z/\gamma^{\ast}$ mass range using CDF Run~II data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 337 pb$^{-1}$. In the low $p_T$ region this distribution is determined by soft gluon radiation and experimental measurements constrain models of this process. These constraints reduce the systematic uncertainty associated with the $W$ boson $p_{T}$ spectrum in Tevatron measurements of the $W$ boson mass.
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Authors
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W. David Dagenhart
Brandeis University