CMS collaboration (2192 authors)Hollar, JonathanNayak, ArunaAlmeida, NunoBargassa, PedrameDavid Tinoco Mendes, AndreFaccioli, PietroFernandes, MiguelFerreira Parracho, Pedro GuilhermeGallinaro, MicheleSeixas, JoaoVarela, JoaoVischia, PietroLloret Iglesias, LaraMusella, PasqualeRodrigues Antunes, JoaoSilva, PedroPela, JoaoLeonardo, Nuno2019-02-032019-02-032013-01-08http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2012.10.082http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/26222A measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry (A[FB]) of Drell-Yan lepton pairs in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV is presented. The data sample, collected with the CMS detector, corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 5 inverse femtobarns. The asymmetry is measured as a function of dilepton mass and rapidity in the dielectron and dimuon channels. Combined results from the two channels are also presented. The A[FB] measurement in the dimuon channel and the combination of the two channels are the first such results obtained at a hadron collider. The measured asymmetries are consistent with the standard model predictions.engjournal article2019-02-03