This paper presents measurements of the W+→ μ+ν and W-→ μ-ν cross-sections and the associated charge asymmetry as a function of the absolute pseudorapidity of the decay muon. The data were collected in proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC and correspond to a total integrated luminosity of 20.2fb-1. The precision of the cross-section measurements varies between 0.8 and 1.5% as a function of the pseudorapidity, excluding the 1.9% uncertainty on the integrated luminosity. The charge asymmetry is measured with an uncertainty between 0.002 and 0.003. The results are compared with predictions based on next-to-next-to-leading-order calculations with various parton distribution functions and have the sensitivity to discriminate between them.

Measurement of the cross-section and charge asymmetry of W bosons produced in proton–proton collisions at √s=8TeV with the ATLAS detector / Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abbott, D.C., Abdinov, O., Abud, A.A., Abeling, K., Abhayasinghe, D.K., Abidi, S.H., Abouzeid, O.S., Abraham, N.L., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Abulaiti, Y., Acharya, B.S., Achkar, B., Adachi, S., Adam, L., Bourdarios, C.A., Adamczyk, L., Adamek, L., et al.. - In: THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS. - ISSN 1434-6044. - 79:9(2019). [10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7199-0]

Measurement of the cross-section and charge asymmetry of W bosons produced in proton–proton collisions at √s=8TeV with the ATLAS detector

Artoni G.;Bagnaia P.;Bauce M.;Betti A.;Bini C.;De Cecco S.;De Pedis D.;De Salvo A.;Francescato S.;Gentile S.;Giagu S.;Ippolito V.;Kado M.;Lacava F.;Luci C.;Martinelli L.;Messina A.;Policicchio A.;Rescigno M.;Sebastiani C. D.;Vannicola D.;
2019

Abstract

This paper presents measurements of the W+→ μ+ν and W-→ μ-ν cross-sections and the associated charge asymmetry as a function of the absolute pseudorapidity of the decay muon. The data were collected in proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC and correspond to a total integrated luminosity of 20.2fb-1. The precision of the cross-section measurements varies between 0.8 and 1.5% as a function of the pseudorapidity, excluding the 1.9% uncertainty on the integrated luminosity. The charge asymmetry is measured with an uncertainty between 0.002 and 0.003. The results are compared with predictions based on next-to-next-to-leading-order calculations with various parton distribution functions and have the sensitivity to discriminate between them.
2019
ATLAS; LHC; asymmetry;
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Measurement of the cross-section and charge asymmetry of W bosons produced in proton–proton collisions at √s=8TeV with the ATLAS detector / Aad, G., Abbott, B., Abbott, D.C., Abdinov, O., Abud, A.A., Abeling, K., Abhayasinghe, D.K., Abidi, S.H., Abouzeid, O.S., Abraham, N.L., Abramowicz, H., Abreu, H., Abulaiti, Y., Acharya, B.S., Achkar, B., Adachi, S., Adam, L., Bourdarios, C.A., Adamczyk, L., Adamek, L., et al.. - In: THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS. - ISSN 1434-6044. - 79:9(2019). [10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7199-0]
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