CMS collaboration (2258 authors)Hollar, JonathanAlmeida, NunoBargassa, PedrameDavid Tinoco Mendes, AndreFaccioli, PietroFerreira Parracho, Pedro GuilhermeGallinaro, MicheleMusella, PasqualeNayak, ArunaPela, JoaoRibeiro, Pedro QuinazSeixas, JoaoVarela, JoaoLloret Iglesias, LaraRodrigues Antunes, JoaoSilva, PedroLeonardo, Nuno2019-02-032019-02-032011-10http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2012)010http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/26065Measurements of jet production rates in association with W and Z bosons for jet transverse momenta above 30 GeV are reported, using a sample of proton-proton collision events recorded by CMS at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 36 inverse picobarns. The study includes the measurement of the normalized inclusive rates of jets sigma(V + >= n jets)/sigma(V), where V represents either a W or a Z. In addition, the ratio of W to Z cross sections and the W charge asymmetry as a function of the number of associated jets are measured. A test of Berends--Giele scaling at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV is also presented. The measurements provide a stringent test of perturbative-QCD calculations and are sensitive to the possible presence of new physics. The results are in agreement with the predictions of a simulation that uses explicit matrix element calculations for final states with jets.engjournal article2019-02-03