Associated Production of a Z Boson and a Single Heavy-Quark Jet

Abstract

The leading-order process for the production of a Z boson and a heavy-quark jet at hadron colliders is gQ -> ZQ (Q=c,b). We calculate this cross section at next-to-leading order at the Tevatron and the LHC, and compare it with other sources of ZQ events. This process is a background to new physics, and can be used to measure the heavy-quark distribution function.

arXiv comment15 pages, 9 figures. Version to appear in Phys. Rev. D

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