# A Novel Technique for Studying the Z Boson Transverse Momentum Distribution at Hadron Colliders

@article{Vesterinen2009ANT,
title={A Novel Technique for Studying the Z Boson Transverse Momentum Distribution at Hadron Colliders},
author={M. Vesterinen and Terry Richard Wyatt},
journal={Nuclear Instruments \& Methods in Physics Research Section A-accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment},
year={2009},
volume={602},
pages={432-437}
}
• Published 30 July 2008
• Physics
• Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment

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