2008/09/08 by C. Neu, Christopher Neu, Neu, Christopher
Physics and Astronomy · #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Particle Detector Development and Performance #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0809.1407
On behalf of the CDF and D0 collaborations. Contribution to the Proceedings of XIXth Hadron Collider Physics Symposium held in Galena, IL 27-31 May 2008
arxiv created 2008/09/08 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
Collider signatures containing bosons and jets are particularly interesting. Recent theoretical effort has been devoted to determining predictions of W/Z + multiple parton production; the high statistics sample of W/Z + jets events collected at the Tevatron is a valuable testbed for probing the validity of these calculations. The final state containing a Z or W boson and one or more b-jets is a promising Higgs search channel at the Tevatron and could be a window to new physics at the LHC. These searches benefit from a deep understanding of the production of W/Z + heavy flavor jets which constitutes a significant background to the more exotic sources of this signature. Herein the latest Tevatron results on these production mechanisms are reviewed with an emphasis on comparison of data results to the latest theoretical models.