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Measurement of the W Boson Production Charge Asymmetry in P pbar Collisions, (Thesis/Dissertation).

DE2008932868

Publication Date	2008
Personal Author	Han, B. Y.
Page Count	184
Abstract	We present a measurement of the W boson production charge asymmetry using the W (yields) e(nu) decay channel. We use data collected the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) from p(bar p) collisions at (radical)s = 1.96 TeV. The data were collected up to February 2006 (Run II) and represent an integrated luminosity of 1 fb(sup -1). The experimental measurement of W production charge asymmetry is compared to higher order QCD predictions generated using MRST2006 and CTEQ6 parton distribution functions (PDF). The asymmetry provides new input on the momentum fraction dependence of the u and d quark parton distribution functions (PDF) within the proton over the fraction of proton's momentum range from 0.002 < x < 0.8 corresponding to -3.0 < y(sub W) < 3.0 at Q(sup 2) (approx) M(sub W)(sup 2).
Keywords	Bosons Asymmetry D Quarks Decay Distribution functions Fermilab collider detector Luminosity Production Protons Quantum chromodynamics
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL.; Trinity Coll., Dublin (Ireland).; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Trinity Coll., Dublin (Ireland). Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200825
Contract Number	DE-AC02-76CH03000

Measurement of the W Boson Production Charge Asymmetry in P pbar Collisions, (Thesis/Dissertation).

Measurement of the W Boson Production Charge Asymmetry in P pbar Collisions, (Thesis/Dissertation).
DE2008932868

Publication Date	2008
Personal Author	Han, B. Y.
Page Count	184
Abstract	We present a measurement of the W boson production charge asymmetry using the W (yields) e(nu) decay channel. We use data collected the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) from p(bar p) collisions at (radical)s = 1.96 TeV. The data were collected up to February 2006 (Run II) and represent an integrated luminosity of 1 fb(sup -1). The experimental measurement of W production charge asymmetry is compared to higher order QCD predictions generated using MRST2006 and CTEQ6 parton distribution functions (PDF). The asymmetry provides new input on the momentum fraction dependence of the u and d quark parton distribution functions (PDF) within the proton over the fraction of proton's momentum range from 0.002 < x < 0.8 corresponding to -3.0 < y(sub W) < 3.0 at Q(sup 2) (approx) M(sub W)(sup 2).
Keywords	Bosons Asymmetry D Quarks Decay Distribution functions Fermilab collider detector Luminosity Production Protons Quantum chromodynamics
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL.; Trinity Coll., Dublin (Ireland).; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Trinity Coll., Dublin (Ireland). Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200825
Contract Number	DE-AC02-76CH03000