@article{e8b355ddb2dd4ffba2db789f894c106a,
title = "Determination of the strong coupling constant α S(mZ) from measurements of inclusive W ± and Z boson production cross sections in proton-proton collisions at √s = 7 and 8 TeV",
abstract = "Twelve measurements of inclusive cross sections of W± and Z boson production, performed in proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV, are compared with perturbative quantum chromodynamics calculations at next-to-next- to-leading order (NNLO) accuracy obtained with the CT14, HERAPDF2.0, MMHT14, and NNPDF3.0 parton distribution functions (PDFs). Data and theory agree well for all PDF sets, taking into account the experimental and theoretical uncertainties. A novel procedure is employed to extract the strong coupling constant at the Z pole mass from a detailed comparison of all the experimental fiducial cross sections to the corresponding NNLO theoretical predictions, yielding αS(mZ)=0.1163−0.0031+0.0024 (CT14), 0.1072−0.0040+0.0043 (HERAPDF2.0), 0.1186 ± 0.0025 (MMHT14), and 0.1147 ± 0.0023 (NNPDF3.0). Using the results obtained with the CT14 and MMHT14 PDFs, which yield the most robust and stable αS(mZ) extractions, a value αS(mZ)=0.1175−0.0028+0.0025 is determined. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]",
keywords = "Hadron-Hadron scattering (experiments), Particle and resonance production",
author = "{The CMS collaboration} and Sirunyan, {A. M.} and A. Tumasyan and W. Adam and F. Ambrogi and T. Bergauer and M. Dragicevic and J. Er{\"o} and {Escalante Del Valle}, A. and M. Flechl and R. Fr{\"u}hwirth and M. Jeitler and N. Krammer and I. Kr{\"a}tschmer and D. Liko and T. Madlener and I. Mikulec and N. Rad and J. Schieck and R. Sch{\"o}fbeck and M. Spanring and W. Waltenberger and Wulz, {C. E.} and M. Zarucki and V. Drugakov and V. Mossolov and {Suarez Gonzalez}, J. and Darwish, {M. R.} and {De Wolf}, {E. A.} and {Di Croce}, D. and X. Janssen and A. Lelek and M. Pieters and {Rejeb Sfar}, H. and {Van Haevermaet}, H. and {Van Mechelen}, P. and {Van Putte}, S. and {Van Remortel}, N. and F. Blekman and Bols, {E. S.} and Chhibra, {S. S.} and J. D{\textquoteright}Hondt and {De Clercq}, J. and D. Lontkovskyi and S. Lowette and I. Marchesini and N. Akchurin and S. Kunori and Lee, {S. W.} and I. Volobouev and A. Whitbeck",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020, The Author(s).",
year = "2020",
month = jun,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/JHEP06(2020)018",
language = "English",
volume = "2020",
journal = "Journal of High Energy Physics",
issn = "1126-6708",
number = "6",
}