First measurement of the ratio of central-electron to forward-electron W partial cross sections in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV

Authors

A. Abulencia, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
J. Adelman, The Enrico Fermi Institute
T. Affolder, University of California, Santa Barbara
T. Akimoto, University of Tsukuba
M. G. Albrow, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
S. Amerio, Università degli Studi di Padova
D. Amidei, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
A. Anastassov, Rutgers University–New Brunswick
K. Anikeev, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
A. Annovi, INFN, Laboratori Nazionali Di Frascati
J. Antos, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave
M. Aoki, University of Tsukuba
G. Apollinari, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
T. Arisawa, Waseda University
A. Artikov, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna
W. Ashmanskas, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
A. Attal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
A. Aurisano, University of Oxford
F. Azfar, University of Oxford
P. Azzi-Bacchetta, Università degli Studi di Padova
P. Azzurri, Università di Pisa
N. Bacchetta, Università degli Studi di Padova
W. Badgett, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
A. Barbaro-Galtieri, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
V. E. Barnes, Purdue University
B. A. Barnett, Johns Hopkins University
S. Baroiant, University of California, Davis
V. Bartsch, University College London

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-20-2007

Abstract

We present a measurement of σ(pp̄→W)×B(W→eν) at s=1.96TeV, using electrons identified in the forward region (1.2<|η|<2.8) of the CDF II detector, in 223pb-1 of data. We measure σ×B=2796±13(stat)-90+95(syst)±162(lum)pb. Combining this result with a previous CDF measurement obtained using electrons in the central region (|η| 1), we present the first measurement of the ratio of central-electron to forward-electron W partial cross sections Rexp=0.925±0.006(stat)±0.032(syst), consistent with theoretical predictions using Coordinated Theoretical-Experimental Project on QCD (CTEQ) and Martin-Roberts-Stirling-Thorne (MRST) parton distribution functions. © 2007 The American Physical Society.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Physical Review Letters

Recommended Citation

Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M., Amerio, S., Amidei, D., Anastassov, A., Anikeev, K., Annovi, A., Antos, J., Aoki, M., Apollinari, G., Arisawa, T., Artikov, A., Ashmanskas, W., Attal, A., Aurisano, A., Azfar, F., Azzi-Bacchetta, P., Azzurri, P., Bacchetta, N., Badgett, W., Barbaro-Galtieri, A., Barnes, V., Barnett, B., Baroiant, S., & Bartsch, V. (2007). First measurement of the ratio of central-electron to forward-electron W partial cross sections in pp̄ collisions at s=1.96TeV. Physical Review Letters, 98 (25) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.251801