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They stuffed up our room and we had to get it changed. The food at the adjoining restaurant was really nothing to write home about and the internet was like £10 for 24 hours... honestly for a hotel chain I kind of expected a little better.
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Now that Bill Hader and Stefon have departed the show, we find ourselves treasuring every other recurring 'SNL' character and treating every appearance as if it's their last. That's just a long-winded way of saying "Welcome back, Drunk Uncle!" Bobby Moynihan's rambling, all-too honest (and all-too real) character once again graced the Weekend Update desk with his presence, updating us with his thoughts on current events and introducing us to a member of his extended family.
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- It's hard to believe that U.S. captain Carlos Bocanegra was contemplating retirement from the national team after appearing in his second World Cup in 2010. But back then, who could have blamed him?
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Transport Florida Plants to Gautier MS
I am moving to Gautier MS. from Daytona Florida in the next few weeks. I would like to bring some of my outdoor plants such as Hibiscus, Bird of Paradise, Blue Daze, amaryllis, oleander and my mango tree that I have grown from seed and is now about 3 ft tall and many others that grow well outside here. Will they be able to be grown where I am going? From what I have heard and read, the weather is very similar as here. I am ready to dig up but want to know what will survive.
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They should do fine. Daytona is zone 9, maybe even 9b. I remember last time I was there they had pretty much the exact same climate and plants as Galveston, TX. Semi-tropical. Lot of hibiscus, BOP, oleanders, mango, etc. Good luck with the move. Tally HO!
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Gautier is ZONE 8, and we do freeze in the winter. It is colder here than either Daytona or Galveston (lived in Galv, been to Daytona)
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Researchers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, in collaboration with The New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical College of Cornell University, are conducting a study of a medicinal mushroom extract called Maitake (pronounced my-tock-e).
Laboratory studies show that Maitake can reduce the growth of cancer in animals. The Maitake does not kill cancer cells directly. It is believed to work through the immune system (the body's defense system against infection). Our test tube, animal and human dose determining studies show that Maitake can enhance immune function. We are conducting this study to see whether Maitake improves the neutrophil count and function in patients with MDS. The neutrophils are white blood cells which help to fight infection.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- MSKCC patients age 18 or older able to sign informed consent
- Absolute Neutrophil count >0.5 K/mcL
- Diagnosis of MDS by bone marrow biopsy
- Patient not a candidate for aggressive standard treatment
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- IPSS (High risk)
- History of AML
- History of Stem Cell transplant
- Known history of HIV+
- Allergy to mushrooms
- Bone Marrow blasts >10%
Inclusion Criteria
- Age ≥55 years
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- Currently taking corticosteroids or other immunosuppressants
- Known history of HIV+
- Current or previous malignancy or hematology disorder except adequately treated non-melanoma skin cancer, curatively treated in-situ cancer of the cervix, or other solid tumors curatively treated with no evidence of disease for > 3 years
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterYukiguni Maitake Corporation of America
New York Weill Cornell Cancer Center at Cornell University
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Very very very good price for a 2 day stay, very great location right off the highway, and friendly front desk!
Beds were not very comfortable at all and they didnt have any amenities in the room...example: we were told there was a small refrigerator and there wasnt and there wasnt a hair dryer or an iron or anything. Basically your beds, an old tube style TV, and a sink and shower.
Easy to get to, very quiet, very friendly staff, have stayed here probably 6 times before.
Not much of a free breakfast, older hotel.
We traveled to Ashland for a weekend horse show. Didn't want to spend a fortune on a room we'd be in very little. Wanted clean and convenient, this motel fit our needs perfectly! Very clean, free wifi, HBO, good location, comfortable beds
Flat pillows
Convenient parking and easy access to entrance; large, comfy room. Super easy wifi and Internet access.
One more lamp and small table for the extra reading chair; ability to play digital media via the USB port on the flat screen TV; facial tissues (Kleenex).
Very friendly and accommodating staff !
Chairs were stained
We were made to feel welcome from the moment we walked in to the moment we left. Everyone was kind and constantly concerned if we needed anything/if everything was to our liking. It felt more like a B&B then a hotel chain.
The staff was friendly and very helpful too. It was a nice, clean, quiet place to stay. The free breakfast surprised me with all the different selections to choose from! They also offered plenty of pamplets on things to do around the area.
It was close to what we needed
They changed our room without my approval
Breakfast is too pre packaged
Location was good; close to lots of good eating places. The room was clean and the breakfast was great. Even though the hotel appeared to be pretty full, things were quiet.
The room was clean, but a little beat up. Looks like a little more remodeling needs to be done. Staff was friendly if you could ever find them. We tried calling prior to our arrival a couple different times, and no one ever answered the phone.
Location close to highway and restaurants. Super comfortable bed.
Clean and comfortable room.
Advertised Paperview channel not available, HBO did not come in, water stop in bath tub was broken, "free" breakfast was not free- $20 limit
Location. Price. Cleanliness. Comfy bed.
You could smell smoke from smoking areas.
Fridge, micro wave and tv did not work. Light in bathroom would not stay on. Staff just laughed. Not worth----
The staff is friendly and accommodating. Free coffee and snacks in the lobby which was great coming in with a hungry 4 year old.
There was a group of unsupervised pre-teens in the pool area, forcing me and my 4 year old granddaughter out because of the rowdiness. My granddaughter and I had a lot of fun swimming prior to the buzz-kills taking over.
Great location with friendly staff.
There was a strange smell in the hallways.
Everyone was so courteous. They even told us local places to visit and printed out directions for us.
The room was very nice. The breakfast was really good. The woman in charge of the breakfast was very nice and helpful.
Rooms are very nice, except not well insulated for sound. Could hear traffic and people in room above.
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Inclusive W and Z production in the
forward region at√s = 7TeV
The LHCb collaboration†
Measurements of inclusive W and Z boson production cross-sections in pp col-
lisions at√s = 7TeV using final states containing muons are presented.
data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 37pb−1collected with
the LHCb detector. The W and Z bosons are reconstructed from muons with a
transverse momentum above 20GeV/c and pseudorapidity between 2.0 and 4.5,
and, in the case of the Z cross-section, a dimuon invariant mass between 60
and 120GeV/c2. The cross-sections are measured to be 831 ± 9 ± 27 ± 29pb for
W+, 656 ± 8 ± 19 ± 23pb for W−and 76.7 ± 1.7 ± 3.3 ± 2.7pb
the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic and the third is due
to the luminosity. Differential cross-sections, W and Z cross-section ratios and
the lepton charge asymmetry are also measured in the same kinematic region.
The ratios are determined to be σW+→µ+ν/σW−→µ−¯ ν =1.27 ± 0.02 ± 0.01 and
(σW+→µ+ν+σW−→µ−¯ ν)/σZ→µµ=19.4 ± 0.5 ± 0.9. The results are in general agree-
ment with theoretical predictions, performed at next-to-next-to-leading order in
QCD using recently calculated parton distribution functions.
for Z, where
Published in JHEP Vol. 2012, Number 6 (2012), 58, DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2012)
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arXiv:1204.1620v3 [hep-ex] 10 Aug 2012
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R. Aaij38, C. Abellan Beteta33,n, A. Adametz11, B. Adeva34, M. Adinolfi43, C. Adrover6,
A. Affolder49, Z. Ajaltouni5, J. Albrecht35, F. Alessio35, M. Alexander48, S. Ali38,
G. Alkhazov27, P. Alvarez Cartelle34, A.A. Alves Jr22, S. Amato2, Y. Amhis36, J. Anderson37,
R.B. Appleby51, O. Aquines Gutierrez10, F. Archilli18,35, A. Artamonov32, M. Artuso53,35,
E. Aslanides6, G. Auriemma22,m, S. Bachmann11, J.J. Back45, V. Balagura28,35, W. Baldini16,
R.J. Barlow51, C. Barschel35, S. Barsuk7, W. Barter44, A. Bates48, C. Bauer10, Th. Bauer38,
A. Bay36, J. Beddow48, I. Bediaga1, S. Belogurov28, K. Belous32, I. Belyaev28, E. Ben-Haim8,
M. Benayoun8, G. Bencivenni18, S. Benson47, J. Benton43, R. Bernet37, M.-O. Bettler17,
M. van Beuzekom38, A. Bien11, S. Bifani12, T. Bird51, A. Bizzeti17,h, P.M. Bjørnstad51,
T. Blake35, F. Blanc36, C. Blanks50, J. Blouw11, S. Blusk53, A. Bobrov31, V. Bocci22,
A. Bondar31, N. Bondar27, W. Bonivento15, S. Borghi48,51, A. Borgia53, T.J.V. Bowcock49,
C. Bozzi16, T. Brambach9, J. van den Brand39, J. Bressieux36, D. Brett51, M. Britsch10,
T. Britton53, N.H. Brook43, H. Brown49, A. B¨ uchler-Germann37, I. Burducea26, A. Bursche37,
J. Buytaert35, S. Cadeddu15, O. Callot7, M. Calvi20,j, M. Calvo Gomez33,n, A. Camboni33,
P. Campana18,35, A. Carbone14, G. Carboni21,k, R. Cardinale19,i,35, A. Cardini15, L. Carson50,
K. Carvalho Akiba2, G. Casse49, M. Cattaneo35, Ch. Cauet9, M. Charles52, Ph. Charpentier35,
N. Chiapolini37, M. Chrzaszcz23, K. Ciba35, X. Cid Vidal34, G. Ciezarek50, P.E.L. Clarke47,
M. Clemencic35, H.V. Cliff44, J. Closier35, C. Coca26, V. Coco38, J. Cogan6, E. Cogneras5,
P. Collins35, A. Comerma-Montells33, A. Contu52, A. Cook43, M. Coombes43, G. Corti35,
B. Couturier35, G.A. Cowan36, R. Currie47, C. D'Ambrosio35, P. David8, P.N.Y. David38,
I. De Bonis4, K. De Bruyn38, S. De Capua21,k, M. De Cian37, J.M. De Miranda1, L. De Paula2,
P. De Simone18, D. Decamp4, M. Deckenhoff9, H. Degaudenzi36,35, L. Del Buono8,
C. Deplano15, D. Derkach14,35, O. Deschamps5, F. Dettori39, J. Dickens44, H. Dijkstra35,
P. Diniz Batista1, F. Domingo Bonal33,n, S. Donleavy49, F. Dordei11, A. Dosil Su´ arez34,
D. Dossett45, A. Dovbnya40, F. Dupertuis36, R. Dzhelyadin32, A. Dziurda23, A. Dzyuba27,
S. Easo46, U. Egede50, V. Egorychev28, S. Eidelman31, D. van Eijk38, F. Eisele11,
S. Eisenhardt47, R. Ekelhof9, L. Eklund48, Ch. Elsasser37, D. Elsby42, D. Esperante Pereira34,
A. Falabella16,e,14, C. F¨ arber11, G. Fardell47, C. Farinelli38, S. Farry12, V. Fave36,
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1Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas F´ ısicas (CBPF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
3Center for High Energy Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
4LAPP, Universit´ e de Savoie, CNRS/IN2P3, Annecy-Le-Vieux, France
5Clermont Universit´ e, Universit´ e Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC, Clermont-Ferrand, France
6CPPM, Aix-Marseille Universit´ e, CNRS/IN2P3, Marseille, France
7LAL, Universit´ e Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Orsay, France
8LPNHE, Universit´ e Pierre et Marie Curie, Universit´ e Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, Paris, France
9Fakult¨ at Physik, Technische Universit¨ at Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
10Max-Planck-Institut f¨ ur Kernphysik (MPIK), Heidelberg, Germany
11Physikalisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universit¨ at Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
12School of Physics, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
13Sezione INFN di Bari, Bari, Italy
14Sezione INFN di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
15Sezione INFN di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
16Sezione INFN di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
17Sezione INFN di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
18Laboratori Nazionali dell'INFN di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
19Sezione INFN di Genova, Genova, Italy
20Sezione INFN di Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy
21Sezione INFN di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
22Sezione INFN di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
23Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Krak´ ow, Poland
24AGH University of Science and Technology, Krak´ ow, Poland
25Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Warsaw, Poland
26Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
27Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI), Gatchina, Russia
28Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP), Moscow, Russia
29Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University (SINP MSU), Moscow, Russia
30Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INR RAN), Moscow, Russia
31Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (SB RAS) and Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
32Institute for High Energy Physics (IHEP), Protvino, Russia
33Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
34Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
35European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
36Ecole Polytechnique F´ ed´ erale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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37Physik-Institut, Universit¨ at Z¨ urich, Z¨ urich, Switzerland
38Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
39Nikhef National Institute for Subatomic Physics and VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The
40NSC Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology (NSC KIPT), Kharkiv, Ukraine
41Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences (KINR), Kyiv, Ukraine
42University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
43H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
44Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
45Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
46STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, United Kingdom
47School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
48School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
49Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
50Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
51School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
52Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
53Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, United States
54Pontif´ ıcia Universidade Cat´ olica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, associated to2
55Institut f¨ ur Physik, Universit¨ at Rostock, Rostock, Germany, associated to11
aP.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Science (LPI RAS), Moscow, Russia
bUniversit` a di Bari, Bari, Italy
cUniversit` a di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
dUniversit` a di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
eUniversit` a di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
fUniversit` a di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
gUniversit` a di Urbino, Urbino, Italy
hUniversit` a di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
iUniversit` a di Genova, Genova, Italy
jUniversit` a di Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy
kUniversit` a di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
lUniversit` a di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
mUniversit` a della Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
nLIFAELS, La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain
oHanoi University of Science, Hanoi, Viet Nam
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1 Introduction
The measurement of the production cross-sections for W and Z bosons constitutes an im-
portant test of the Standard Model and provides valuable input to constrain the proton
parton density functions (PDFs). Theoretical predictions are known to next-to-next-to-
leading-order (NNLO) in perturbative quantum chromodynamics (pQCD). These calcula-
tions are in good agreement with recent measurements at the LHC from the ATLAS [1,2],
and the CMS [3,4] experiments as well as with the results from the p¯ p collider experi-
ments at the S¯ ppS [5,6] and the Tevatron [7–10]. The dominant theoretical uncertainty
on the cross-sections arises from the present knowledge of the PDFs and the strong
coupling constant. The accuracy strongly depends on the pseudorapidity1range; con-
sequently, measurements by LHCb, which is fully instrumented in the forward region
2.0 < η < 5.0, can provide input to constrain the PDFs, both for pseudorapidities η > 2.5
and in the region which is common to ATLAS and CMS, 2.0 < η < 2.5. Besides the
determination of the W and Z boson cross-sections, the measurement of their ratios
RWZ = (σW+→µ+ν+ σW−→µ−¯ ν)/σZ→µµ and RW = σW+→µ+ν/σW−→µ−¯ ν and of the W
production charge asymmetry constitute important tests of the Standard Model, as ex-
perimental and theoretical uncertainties partially cancel. The W charge asymmetry is
sensitive to the valence quark distribution in the proton [11] and provides complementary
information to the results from deep-inelastic scattering cross-sections at HERA [12] as
those data do not strongly constrain the ratio of u over d quarks at low Bjorken x, where
x is the proton momentum fraction carried by the quark. Measurements of W and Z
boson production at LHCb have a sensitivity to values of x as low as 1.7 × 10−4and
will contribute significantly to the understanding of PDFs at low x and reasonably large
four-momentum transfer Q2, which corresponds to the squared mass of the W or the Z
The measurements of the inclusive W and Z cross-sections2in pp collisions at a centre-
of-mass energy of 7TeV, using final states containing muons, are presented in this paper.
The analysis is based on data taken by the LHCb experiment in 2010 with an integrated
luminosity of 37pb−1. The cross-sections are measured in a fiducial region corresponding
to the kinematic coverage of the LHCb detector, where the final state muons have a
transverse momentum, pµ
2.0 < ηµ< 4.5. This range is smaller than the LHCb acceptance in order to avoid
edge effects for the acceptance. In addition, the invariant mass of the muons from the
Z boson must be in the range 60 < Mµµ < 120GeV/c2. Results are presented for the
total cross-sections and cross-section ratios. Cross-sections are also measured in bins of
muon pseudorapidity for W, and in bins of Z rapidity (yZ) for Z production. Because
of the presence of the neutrino, the production asymmetry between W+and W−cannot
be reconstructed as a function of the boson rapidity. Instead it is measured as a function
of the experimentally accessible muon pseudorapidity, ηµ, and referred to as the lepton
T, exceeding 20GeV/c and lie within the pseudorapidity range
1The pseudorapidity η is defined to be η = −lntan(θ/2), where the polar angle θ is measured with
respect to the beam axis.
2Throughout this paper Z includes both the Z and the virtual photon (γ?) contribution.
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charge asymmetry Aµ = (σW+→µ+ν− σW−→µ−¯ ν)/(σW+→µ+ν+ σW−→µ−¯ ν). To constrain
the PDFs, it is useful to measure A for different pµ
to NNLO and NLO pQCD predictions with recent parametrisations for the PDFs. The
signal efficiency and background contribution are mostly derived from data.
The remainder of the paper is organised as follows. Section 2 describes the LHCb
detector and the Monte Carlo samples. Section 3 describes the selection of the W and Z
candidates, the backgrounds, the determination of the purity and the signal efficiencies.
The measurement of the cross-sections as well as the systematic uncertainties are discussed
in Sect. 4. The results are presented in Sect. 5 and conclusions in Sect. 6.
Tthresholds. The data are compared
2 LHCb detector and Monte Carlo samples
The LHCb detector [13] is a single-arm forward spectrometer covering the pseudorapidity
range 2 < η < 5, designed for the study of particles containing b or c quarks. The detec-
tor includes a high precision tracking system consisting of a silicon-strip vertex detector
(VELO) surrounding the pp interaction region, a large-area silicon-strip detector (TT)
located upstream of a dipole magnet with a bending power of about 4Tm, and three
stations of silicon-strip detectors (IT) and straw drift-tubes (OT) placed downstream.
The combined tracking system has a momentum resolution ∆p/p that varies from 0.4%
at 5GeV/c to 0.6% at 100GeV/c, and an impact parameter (IP) resolution of 20µm for
tracks with high transverse momentum. Charged hadrons are identified using two ring-
imaging Cherenkov detectors. Photon, electron and hadron candidates are identified by
a calorimeter system consisting of scintillating-pad and pre-shower detectors, an electro-
magnetic calorimeter and a hadronic calorimeter. Muons are identified by a muon system
composed of alternating layers of iron and multiwire proportional chambers. The trigger
consists of a hardware stage, based on information from the calorimeter and muon sys-
tems, followed by a software stage which applies a full event reconstruction. To avoid the
possibility that a few events with high occupancy dominate the CPU time of the software
trigger, a set of global event cuts is applied on the hit multiplicities of most subdetectors
used in the pattern recognition algorithms.
Several Monte Carlo (MC) simulated samples are used to develop the event selection,
estimate the backgrounds, cross-check the efficiencies and to account for the effect of the
underlying event. The Pythia 6.4 [14] generator, configured as described in Ref. [15],
with the CTEQ6ll [16] parametrisation for the PDFs is used to simulate the processes
Z → µµ, Z → ττ, W → µν and W → τν. The hard partonic interaction is calculated
in leading order pQCD and higher order QCD radiation is modelled using initial and
final state parton showers in the leading log approximation [17]. The fragmentation into
hadrons is simulated in Pythia by the Lund string model [18]. All generated events are
passed through a Geant4 [19] based detector simulation, the trigger emulation and the
event reconstruction chain of the LHCb experiment.
Samples of W → µν and Z → µµ simulated events with one muon in the LHCb
acceptance have been reweighted to reproduce the NNLO pµ
Tdistribution. These samples
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are referred to as W-MC and Z-MC, respectively. In the first step a correction factor
is calculated as a function of the generated muon transverse momentum by determining
the ratio of the generated pµ
NLO, to the generated pµ
reweighted with a factor given by the ratio between the NNLO and NLO prediction as
calculated with Dynnlo [21]. This factor is calculated as a function of the rapidity of
the boson. As an alternative, Pythia samples have been reweighted to reproduce the pµ
distribution as calculated with Resbos [22]. Resbos includes a NLO calculation plus
next-to-next-to-leading-log resummation of QCD effects at low transverse momentum.
Tspectrum, as simulated by the Powheg [20] generator at
Tspectrum from Pythia. In the second step the events are
3 Selection of W and Z events
3.1 Muon reconstruction and identification
Events with high transverse momentum muons are selected using a single muon trigger
with a threshold of pµ
within which particle trajectories are approximately straight, since the detector is located
upstream of the magnet. Candidate tracks are extrapolated to the other side of the
magnet and a search is made for compatible hits in the IT and OT sub-detectors. An
alternative strategy searches for track segments in both the VELO and IT/OT detectors
and extrapolates each to the bending plane of the magnet, where they are matched.
Once VELO and IT/OT hits have been combined, an estimate of the track momentum
is available and the full trajectory can be defined. Finally, hits in the TT sub-detector
are added if consistent with the candidate tracks. Thus, the presence of TT hits can be
considered as an independent confirmation of the validity of the track.
Muons are identified by extrapolating the tracks and searching for compatible hits in
the four most downstream muon stations. For the high momentum muons that concern
this analysis, hits must be found in all four muon stations. In total, the muon candidate
must have passed through over 20 hadronic interaction lengths of material.
T> 10GeV/c. Tracks are reconstructed starting from the VELO,
3.2 Selection of Z → µµ candidates
Candidate Z → µµ events are selected by requiring a pair of well reconstructed
tracks identified as muons; the invariant mass of the two muons must be in the range
60 < Mµµ< 120GeV/c2. Each muon track must have pµ
2.0 < ηµ< 4.5. The relative uncertainty on the momentum measurement is required to
be less than 10% and the probability for the χ2/ndf for the track fit larger than 0.1%,
where ndf is the number of degrees of freedom. In total, 1966 Z candidates are selected;
their mass distribution is shown in Fig. 1. The data are not corrected for initial or final
state radiation. A Crystal Ball [23] function for the Z peak, and an exponential distri-
bution for both the off-resonance Drell-Yan (γ?) production and the small background
contribution are fitted to the distribution. The fitted mass 90.7 ± 0.1GeV/c2and width
T> 20GeV/c and lie in the range
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3.0 ± 0.1GeV/c2, where the uncertainties are statistical, are consistent with expectation
from simulation.
Dimuon invariant mass [GeV/c
60 80100120
Events / (2 GeV/c
Figure 1: Invariant mass of the selected muon pairs. The fitted distribution to the data is
shown as a solid line and the contribution from background and off-resonance Drell-Yan
production as a dashed line.
3.3Z → µµ event yield
The background contribution to the Z → µµ analysis is very low. Five different
sources are investigated.
1. Decays from Z → ττ contribute, if both taus decay leptonically to muons and
neutrinos. The tau background is estimated from simulation, with the Z cross-
section fixed to the cross-section measured in this analysis, to contribute 0.6 ± 0.1
events to the total sample.
2. Decays of heavy flavour hadrons contribute to the background if they decay semilep-
tonically ("heavy flavour" background). The contribution is estimated from a sam-
ple, which is enriched in background.
menta of all tracks in a cone of half angle 0.5 in η-φ around the muons larger than
4GeV/c; here φ is the azimuthal angle measured in radians. A fit to the invariant
mass distribution at low masses is then used to estimate the background contri-
bution in the Z mass region. The heavy flavour contribution is estimated to be
3.5 ± 0.8 events.
"Non-isolated" muons are selected with
T> 15GeV/c and Mµµ > 40GeV/c2and the scalar sum of the transverse mo-
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3. Pions or kaons may be misidentified as muons if they decay in flight ("decay-in-
flight" background) or if they travel through the calorimeters and are identified
by the muon chambers ("punch-through" background). This background should
contribute equally in same-sign and opposite-sign combinations of the muon pair.
No event is found in the Z selection with both tracks having the same charge. The
contribution from muon misidentification is estimated to be less than one event.
4. W pair production contributes to the sample if both W bosons decay to a muon
and a neutrino. This contribution corresponds to 0.2±0.1 events as estimated with
Pythia MC simulation.
5. Decays of top quark pairs may contribute if both top quarks decay semileptonically.
Pythia MC simulation predicts a contribution of 0.5 ± 0.2 events.
The total background contribution in the Z sample in the range 60–120GeV/c2
amounts to 4.8 ± 1.0 events. This corresponds to a purity ρZ= 0.997 ± 0.001. The
purity is defined as the ratio of signal to candidate events. No significant dependence on
the boson rapidity is observed.
3.4Selection of W → µν candidates
In leading order QCD, W → µν events are characterised by a single high transverse
momentum muon that is not associated with other activity in the event. As only the muon
can be reconstructed in LHCb, the background contribution is larger for the W than for
the Z candidates. Therefore, more stringent requirements are placed on the track quality
of the muon and additional criteria are imposed in order to select W candidates.
The optimisation of the W selection and the evaluation of the selection efficiency
make use of a "pseudo-W" control sample obtained from the previously described Z
selection, where each of the muons is masked in turn, in order to mimic the presence of
a neutrino and fake a W → µν decay. Excellent agreement is observed for all variables
of interest between pseudo-W and W simulated samples with the exception of those that
have an explicit dependence on the transverse momentum of the muon, as the underlying
momentum distribution differs for muons from Z and W.
The identification of W → µν candidate events starts by requiring a well reconstructed
track which is identified as a muon. The track must have a transverse momentum in the
range 20 < pµ
error on the momentum measurement must be less than 10%, the probability for the
χ2/ndf of the track fit must be greater than 1%, and there must be TT hits associated
to the track. The last requirement reduces the number of combinations of VELO and
IT/OT information that have been incorrectly combined to form tracks.
To suppress background from Z → µµ decays, it is required that any other identified
muon in the event has a transverse momentum below 2GeV/c. This removes the events
where both muons have entered the LHCb acceptance.
T< 70GeV/c within a pseudorapidity range 2.0 < ηµ< 4.5. The relative
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Event probability
Pseudo-W (Data)
m (Data)
Event probability
Pseudo-W (Data)
m (Data)
Figure 2: Distributions for pcone
from pseudo-W data, the yellow (shaded) histograms are for W-MC simulation, while the
open histograms are for muons from QCD background with IP > 80µm from data. All
distributions are normalised to unity.
(top) and Econe
(bottom). The points are for muons
Identified muons can originate from background processes of heavy flavour decays,
or misidentification of pions and kaons due to decay-in-flight or punch-through ("QCD
background"). In all such cases, the identified muon is usually produced in the same
direction as the other fragmentation products, in contrast to muons from W decays which
tend to be isolated. The isolation of the muon is described using the charged transverse
momentum, pcone
, and neutral transverse energy, Econe
, in a cone around the candidate
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of all tracks, excluding the candidate muon, satisfying
∆φ and ∆ηµare the differences in φ and η between the muon candidate and the track.
The quantity Econe
is defined in a similar way, but summing the transverse energy of
all electromagnetic calorimeter deposits not associated with tracks. The distributions
for pcone
and Econe
are shown in Fig. 2 for pseudo-W data, W-MC and muons with
of closest approach to the primary vertex calculated from the other tracks in the event
excluding the muon candidate. The sample with high IP is enriched with muons from
decays of heavy flavour hadrons, showing the typical shape of QCD background. There
is agreement between pseudo-W data and W-MC, while the shape for the heavy flavour
events is quite different. To suppress QCD background, it is required that pcone
and Econe
< 2GeV.
Muons originating from semi-leptonic decays of heavy flavour hadrons can be further
suppressed by a cut on the IP. Due to the lifetimes of the B and D mesons, these muons
do not originate from the primary pp interaction. The IP distribution is shown in Fig. 3
for pseudo-W events, W-MC, and simulated semi-leptonic decays of hadrons containing a
b or c quark. The pseudo-W events and W-MC are in agreement and peak at low values
of IP, in contrast to the heavy flavour background. For the W candidate selection it is
required that IP < 40µm. This cut also removes a large fraction of the background from
W → τν and Z → ττ decays.
Pions and kaons that punch-through to the muon chambers can be distinguished
from true muons as they leave substantial energy deposits in the calorimeters. Figure 4
shows the summed energy, E, in the electromagnetic and hadronic calorimeter associated
with the particle, divided by the track momentum, p, for pseudo-W events, W-MC, and
hadrons with pT> 20GeV/c in randomly triggered events. By requiring E/pc < 0.04 the
punch-through contamination can be reduced to a negligible level. The disagreement be-
tween pseudo-W data and simulated W-MC in Fig. 4 is caused by the different underlying
momentum distribution for muons from W and Z.
The quantity pcone
is defined as the scalar sum of the transverse momentum
?(∆φ)2+ (∆ηµ)2< 0.5, where
T> 20GeV/c and an IP larger than 80µm. The IP of the muon is defined as the distance
< 2GeV/c
3.5W → µν event yield
After the W selection requirements are imposed 14660 W+and 11618 W−candidate
events are observed. The W → µν signal yield has been determined by fitting the pµ
spectra of positive and negative muons in data, to template shapes for signal and back-
grounds in five bins of ηµ. The fit is performed with the following sources for signal and
background with the shapes and normalisations as described below.
1. The W → µν signal template is obtained using the W-MC. The normalisation is
left free to vary in each bin of ηµand for each charge.
2. The shape of the template of the largest background, Z → µµ, is taken from the
Z-MC. The normalisation is fixed from data by counting the number of Z events,
scaled by the ratio of events with one muon in the LHCb acceptance to events with
both muons in the acceptance, as determined from Z-MC. The ratio is corrected for
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Event probability
Pseudo-W (Data)
c c
Figure 3: Muon IP distribution for pseudo-W events as points, W-MC as a yellow
(shaded) histogram, and muons from simulated semi-leptonic decays of hadrons contain-
ing a b quark in the full open histogram or a c quark in the dashed open histogram. All
distributions are normalised to unity.
E / pc
00.51 1.5
Event probability
Pseudo-W (Data)
Hadrons (Data)
Figure 4: E/pc for pseudo-W events as points, W-MC as a yellow (shaded) histogram,
and for hadrons from randomly triggered events in the open histogram. The energy E is
the sum of the energies in the electromagnetic and hadronic calorimeter associated with
the particle. All distributions are normalised to unity.
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the different reconstruction and selection efficiencies for W and Z as derived from
data. This gives an expectation of 2435 ± 101 background events ((9.3 ± 0.4)% of
the total sample) in good agreement with 2335 ± 25 events found from simulation.
3. The shape of the W → τν and Z → ττ templates are taken from Pythia. The
Z → ττ template is scaled according to the observed number of Z events. These τ
backgrounds constitute 2.7% of the total sample.
4. The heavy flavour template is obtained from data by requiring that the muon is
not consistent with originating from the primary vertex (IP > 80µm). The nor-
malisation is determined from data applying all requirements except for the impact
parameter and fitting the resulting IP distribution to the two templates shown in
Fig. 3: the pseudo-W data to describe the signal, and the simulated heavy flavour
events to describe the background. The heavy flavour contribution is estimated to
be (0.4 ± 0.2)% of the total sample.
5. The punch-through contribution from kaons and pions is largely suppressed by the
requirement on E/pc. The E/pc distribution in Fig. 4 is fitted to pseudo-W data for
the signal, and a Gaussian for the punch-through, in order to estimate the punch-
through contribution. This is found to be negligible (0.02 ± 0.01)% of the total
sample, and also has a shape very similar to the decay-in-flight component. Hence,
this component is not considered when determining the signal yield.
6. The decay-in-flight shape is found from data in a two-step procedure using all events
selected throughout 2010 by any trigger requirement. First, tracks with a transverse
momentum between 20 and 70GeV/c are taken to describe the pT spectrum of
hadrons; tracks that fired a muon trigger are excluded from the sample. Second,
this spectrum is weighted according to the probability for a hadron to decay-in-
flight. This probability is defined as the fraction of tracks identified as muons in
randomly triggered events and is parametrised as a function of the momentum, p,
by a function of the form
1 − e−α/p,
as would be expected for a particle whose mean lifetime in the laboratory frame
scales with its boost. Consistent values for α are found in each pseudorapidity
bin and are in agreement with a calculation of the decay probability based on the
mean lifetimes for charged pions and kaons, and the distance to the electromagnetic
calorimeter before which the hadron must have decayed. The average of the deter-
minations in each pseudorapidity bin defines the central value for α. The relative
normalisation of positively to negatively charged tracks in each bin of pseudorapidity
is fixed to that observed in randomly triggered events, but the overall normalisation
in each bin of pseudorapidity is left free.
The default fit has 15 free parameters: five parameters for the normalisation of W+in
each of the pseudorapidity bins, five parameters for W−, and five parameters for the


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How to Work Power Foods into Your Diet
You are what you eat. We've all heard the old adage -- and while there's little chance that eating too much turkey will make you sprout feathers, there is some truth to the oft-repeated saying. It's no secret that there is a strong correlation between your diet and your health. Some foods pack a nutritious punch, offering energy, immunity, and protection against disease. Others can negatively affect your energy and brain in ways you may not have realized. Here are some of the best "power" foods for your body and how to incorporate them into your daily diet.
Tips on Buying Mixers
What's your kitchen style? Are you a baker who whips up cakes and pies from scratch? Do you make homemade bread and pasta? Or have you never met a boxed cake mix you didn't like? The way you cook and the food you like to eat will determine the best mixer for your kitchen. Follow these tips to make sure the one you buy meets your needs and your tastes.
Types of Kitchen Scales Fact Sheet
Many recipes call for measurement of ingredients by weight rather than volume. In this case, you'll need a kitchen scale to help you measure ingredients accurately. While it is possible to estimate weight using volume measurements, the more accurate you measure, the better. Food scales can also be useful for people on special diets. There are multiple styles of kitchen scales available on the market. To find the right kitchen scale for you, read the following fact sheet and learn more about the different types of kitchen scales.
Great Occasions for Sending Food Baskets
A yummy food basket filled to the brim with delicious treats offers a wonderful way to show someone you are thinking of him. Although this type of gift basket has earned a reputation as a corporate gift, likely due to broad appeal and shopping ease, a food basket is perfect for so much more than business occasions. Food baskets are available in many different sizes and themes, and they are a great way to acknowledge a special day with practicality and fun.
Best Food Baskets for Gift Giving
Food baskets are a popular choice of gift baskets on anniversaries, birthdays, holidays and corporate events. Gourmet gift baskets filled with snacks and food gifts can be shared with several people and are easy to ship to everyone on your list. If you want to have gift baskets delivered to your friends, family members or work associates, you can choose from several different types of food gift baskets that are appropriate for any occasion.
When to Send a Food Gift Basket to a Friend
Giving a gift basket to a friend is a thoughtful way of showing you care, and a basket filled with gourmet foods and specialty treats can brighten anyone's day. Food gift baskets are often wrapped in decorative paper and trimmed with ribbon, ready for delivery or giving in person. If you want to honor special events in your friends' lives, surprise them with beautifully decorated food baskets.
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