We report on the first measurement of the angular distributions of final state electrons in p (p) over bar -> gamma*/Z -> e(+)e(-) + X events produced in the Z boson mass region at root s = 1.96 TeV. The data sample collected by the CDF II detector for this result corresponds to 2.1 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity. The angular distributions are studied as a function of the transverse momentum of the electron-positron pair and show good agreement with the Lam-Tung relation, consistent with a spin-1 description of the gluon, and demonstrate that, at high values of the transverse momentum, Z bosons are produced via quark-antiquark annihilation and quark-gluon Compton processes.

First Measurement of the Angular Coefficients of Drell-Yan e(+)e(-) Pairs in the Z Mass Region from p(p)over-bar Collisions at root s=1.96 TeV / T., A., B. A., G., S., A., D., A., A., A., A., A., J., A., G., A., J. A., A., A., A., T., A., A., A., J., A., W., A., B., A., A., A., F., A., W., B., A., B.G., V. E., B., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 106:(2011), p. 241801. [10.1103/physrevlett.106.241801]

First Measurement of the Angular Coefficients of Drell-Yan e(+)e(-) Pairs in the Z Mass Region from p(p)over-bar Collisions at root s=1.96 TeV

S. d. Cecco;GIAGU, Stefano;IORI, Maurizio;MARGAROLI, Fabrizio;
2011

Abstract

We report on the first measurement of the angular distributions of final state electrons in p (p) over bar -> gamma*/Z -> e(+)e(-) + X events produced in the Z boson mass region at root s = 1.96 TeV. The data sample collected by the CDF II detector for this result corresponds to 2.1 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity. The angular distributions are studied as a function of the transverse momentum of the electron-positron pair and show good agreement with the Lam-Tung relation, consistent with a spin-1 description of the gluon, and demonstrate that, at high values of the transverse momentum, Z bosons are produced via quark-antiquark annihilation and quark-gluon Compton processes.
2011
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First Measurement of the Angular Coefficients of Drell-Yan e(+)e(-) Pairs in the Z Mass Region from p(p)over-bar Collisions at root s=1.96 TeV / T., A., B. A., G., S., A., D., A., A., A., A., A., J., A., G., A., J. A., A., A., A., T., A., A., A., J., A., W., A., B., A., A., A., F., A., W., B., A., B.G., V. E., B., et al.. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 106:(2011), p. 241801. [10.1103/physrevlett.106.241801]
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