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Measurement of associated W + charm production in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 7 TeV

dc.contributor.authorCMS collaboration (2224 authors)
dc.contributor.authorHollar, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorNayak, Aruna
dc.contributor.authorCalpas, Betty
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, Nuno
dc.contributor.authorBargassa, Pedrame
dc.contributor.authorBeirão Da Cruz E Silva, Cristóvão
dc.contributor.authorFaccioli, Pietro
dc.contributor.authorFerreira Parracho, Pedro Guilherme
dc.contributor.authorGallinaro, Michele
dc.contributor.authorNguyen, Federico
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues Antunes, Joao
dc.contributor.authorSeixas, Joao
dc.contributor.authorVarela, Joao
dc.contributor.authorVischia, Pietro
dc.contributor.authorLloret Iglesias, Lara
dc.contributor.authorDavid Tinoco Mendes, Andre
dc.contributor.authorMusella, Pasquale
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorPela, Joao
dc.contributor.authorLeonardo, Nuno
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-03T23:30:22Z
dc.date.available2019-02-03T23:30:22Z
dc.date.issued2014-02-04
dc.date.updated2019-02-03T23:30:21Z
dc.description.abstractMeasurements are presented of the associated production of a W boson and a charm-quark jet (W + c) in pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV. The analysis is conducted with a data sample corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 5 inverse femtobarns, collected by the CMS detector at the LHC. W boson candidates are identified by their decay into a charged lepton (muon or electron) and a neutrino. The W + c measurements are performed for charm-quark jets in the kinematic region $p_T^{jet} \gt$ 25 GeV, $|\eta^{jet}| \lt$ 2.5, for two different thresholds for the transverse momentum of the lepton from the W-boson decay, and in the pseudorapidity range $|\eta^{\ell}| \lt$ 2.1. Hadronic and inclusive semileptonic decays of charm hadrons are used to measure the following total cross sections: $\sigma(pp \to W + c + X) \times B(W \to \ell \nu)$ = 107.7 +/- 3.3 (stat.) +/- 6.9 (syst.) pb ($p_T^{\ell} \gt$ 25 GeV) and $\sigma(pp \to W + c + X) \times B(W \to \ell \nu)$ = 84.1 +/- 2.0 (stat.) +/- 4.9 (syst.) pb ($p_T^{\ell} \gt$ 35 GeV), and the cross section ratios $\sigma(pp \to W^+ + \bar{c} + X)/\sigma(pp \to W^- + c + X)$ = 0.954 +/- 0.025 (stat.) +/- 0.004 (syst.) ($p_T^{\ell} \gt$ 25 GeV) and $\sigma(pp \to W^+ + \bar{c} + X)\sigma(pp \to W^- + c + X)$ = 0.938 +/- 0.019 (stat.) +/- 0.006 (syst.) ($p_T^{\ell} \gt$ 35 GeV). Cross sections and cross section ratios are also measured differentially with respect to the absolute value of the pseudorapidity of the lepton from the W-boson decay. These are the first measurements from the LHC directly sensitive to the strange quark and antiquark content of the proton. Results are compared with theoretical predictions and are consistent with the predictions based on global fits of parton distribution functions.
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewed
dc.identifierJHEP 1402 (2014) 013; DOI 10.1007/JHEP02(2014)013
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2014)013
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/26479
dc.language.isoeng
dc.titleMeasurement of associated W + charm production in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 7 TeV
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt
rcaap.typearticle

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