Abstract:
Abstract: Measurements of the total and differential fiducial cross sections for the Z
boson decaying into two neutrinos are presented at the LHC in proton-proton collisions at
a center-of-mass energy of 13TeV. The data were collected by the CMS detector in 2016
and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1. In these measurements, events are
selected containing an imbalance in transverse momentum and one or more energetic jets.
The fiducial differential cross section is measured as a function of the Z boson transverse
momentum. The results are combined with a previous measurement of charged-lepton
decays of the Z boson. The measured total fiducial cross section for events with Z boson
transverse momentum greater than 200 GeV is 3000+180
−170 fb.
