Measurement of differential cross sections for $${\text {Z}}$$ Z boson production in association with jets in proton-proton collisions at $$\sqrt{s} = 13\,\text {TeV} $$ s = 13 TeV

The production of a Z boson, decaying to two charged leptons, in association with jets in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV is measured. Data recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC are used that correspond to an integrated luminosity of 2.19 fb-1 . The cross section is measured as a function of the jet multiplicity and its dependence on the transverse momentum of the Z boson, the jet kinematic variables (transverse...