Chatrchyan, S.Khachatryan, V.Sirunyan, A. M.Tumasyan, A.Adam, W.Bergauer, T.The CMS Collaboration2025-03-072025-03-0720140370-26931873-2445https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2014.06.041https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12507/2903The production cross section for a Wboson and two b jets is measured using proton-proton collisions at v root s = 7 TeV in a data sample collected with the CMS experiment at the LHC corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb(-1). The W + bbevents are selected in the W..decay mode by requiring a muon with transverse momentum pT> 25GeVand pseudorapidity |eta| < 2.1, and exactly two b-tagged jets with pT> 25GeVand |eta| < 2.4. The measured W + bbproduction cross section in the fiducial region, calculated at the level of final-state particles, is s(pp. W + bb) xB(W..) = 0.53 +/- 0.05 (stat.) +/- 0.09 (syst.) +/- 0.06 (theo.) 0.01 (lum.) pb, in agreement with the standard model prediction. In addition, kinematic distributions of the W + bbsystem are in agreement with the predictions of a simulation usingMadGraphandpythia. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B. V.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCMSPhysicsSMPArticle735204225WOS:00034004890003710.1016/j.physletb.2014.06.041Q1