TY - JOUR AU - ATLAS Collaboration (Aad, G. et al AU - Cabrera Urban, S. AU - Castillo Gimenez, V. AU - Costa, M. J. AU - Fassi, F. AU - Ferrer, A. AU - Fiorini, L. AU - Fuster, J. AU - Garcia, C. AU - Garcia Navarro, J. E. AU - Gonzalez de la Hoz, S. AU - Hernandez Jimenez, Y. AU - Higon-Rodriguez, E. AU - Irles Quiles, A. AU - Kaci, M. AU - Lacasta, C. AU - Lacuesta, V. R. AU - March, L. AU - Marti-Garcia, S. AU - Miñano, M. AU - Mitsou, V. A. AU - Moles-Valls, R. AU - Moreno Llacer, M. AU - Oliver Garcia, E. AU - Pedraza Lopez, S. AU - Perez Garcia-Estañ, M. T. AU - Romero Adam, E. AU - Ros, E. AU - Salt, J. AU - Sanchez Martinez, V. AU - Soldevila, U. AU - Sanchez, J. AU - Torro Pastor, E. AU - Valero, A. AU - Valladolid Gallego, E. AU - Valls Ferrer, J. A. AU - Villaplana Perez, M. AU - Vos, M. PY - 2013 DA - 2013// TI - Measurement of angular correlations in Drell-Yan lepton pairs to probe Z/gamma* boson transverse momentum at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector T2 - Phys. Lett. B JO - Physics Letters B SP - 32 EP - 51 VL - 720 IS - 1-3 PB - Elsevier Science Bv KW - Z boson KW - Differential cross section KW - Perturbative QCD KW - Event generators KW - Monte Carlo models AB - A measurement of angular correlations in Drell-Yan lepton pairs via the phi(eta)* observable is presented. This variable probes the same physics as the Z/gamma* boson transverse momentum with a better experimental resolution. The Z/gamma* -> e(+)e(-) and Z/gamma* -> mu(+)mu(-) decays produced in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of root s = 7 TeV are used. The data were collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 4.6 fb(-1). Normalised differential cross sections as a function of phi(eta)* are measured separately for electron and muon decay channels. These channels are then combined for improved accuracy. The cross section is also measured double differentially as a function of phi(eta)* for three independent bins of the Z boson rapidity. The results are compared to QCD calculations and to predictions from different Monte Carlo event generators. The data are reasonably well described, in all measured Z boson rapidity regions, by resummed QCD predictions combined with fixed-order perturbative QCD calculations or by some Monte Carlo event generators. The measurement precision is typically better by one order of magnitude than present theoretical uncertainties. SN - 0370-2693 UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1211.6899 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2013.01.054 DO - 10.1016/j.physletb.2013.01.054 LA - English N1 - WOS:000316513500004 ID - ATLASCollaborationAad_etal2013 ER -