The production of a W boson in association with a single charm quark is studied using 4.6 fb−1of pp collision data at √s = 7TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. In events in which a W boson decays to an electron or muon, the charm quark is tagged either by its semileptonic decay to a muon or by the presence of a charmed meson. The integrated and differential cross sections as a function of the pseudorapidity of the lepton from the W-boson decay are measured. Results are compared to the predictions of next-to-leading-order QCD calculations obtained from various parton distribution function parameterisations. The ratio of the strange-to-down sea-quark distributions is determined to be 0.96+0.26 −0.30 at Q2= 1.9 GeV2, which supports the hypothesis of an SU(3)-symmetric composition of the light-quark sea. Additionally, the cross-section ratio σ(W+c)/σ(W−+c) is compared to the predictions obtained using parton distribution function parameterisations with different assumptions about the s–s quark asymmetry © CERN 2014. All rights reserved.

Measurement of the production of a W boson in association with a charm quark in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector / Aad, G; Aloisio, Alberto; Alviggi, Mariagrazia; Canale, Vincenzo; Chiefari, Giovanni; DELLA VOLPE, Domenico; Merola, Leonardo; Conventi, Francesco; DELLA PIETRA, Massimo; Giordano, Raffaele; Rossi, Elvira; SANCHEZ PINEDA, ARTURO RODOLFO; Carlino, Gianpaolo; de Asmundis, Riccardo; Di Donato, Camilla; Doria, Alessandra; Iengo, Paolo; Izzo, Vincenzo; Sekhniaidze, Givi; Et, A. l.. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1126-6708. - 2014:5(2014). [10.1007/JHEP05(2014)068]

Measurement of the production of a W boson in association with a charm quark in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

ALOISIO, ALBERTO;ALVIGGI, MARIAGRAZIA;CANALE, VINCENZO;CHIEFARI, GIOVANNI;DELLA VOLPE, DOMENICO;MEROLA, LEONARDO;DELLA PIETRA, MASSIMO;GIORDANO, RAFFAELE;Rossi, Elvira;SANCHEZ PINEDA, ARTURO RODOLFO;
2014

Abstract

The production of a W boson in association with a single charm quark is studied using 4.6 fb−1of pp collision data at √s = 7TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. In events in which a W boson decays to an electron or muon, the charm quark is tagged either by its semileptonic decay to a muon or by the presence of a charmed meson. The integrated and differential cross sections as a function of the pseudorapidity of the lepton from the W-boson decay are measured. Results are compared to the predictions of next-to-leading-order QCD calculations obtained from various parton distribution function parameterisations. The ratio of the strange-to-down sea-quark distributions is determined to be 0.96+0.26 −0.30 at Q2= 1.9 GeV2, which supports the hypothesis of an SU(3)-symmetric composition of the light-quark sea. Additionally, the cross-section ratio σ(W+c)/σ(W−+c) is compared to the predictions obtained using parton distribution function parameterisations with different assumptions about the s–s quark asymmetry © CERN 2014. All rights reserved.
2014
Measurement of the production of a W boson in association with a charm quark in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector / Aad, G; Aloisio, Alberto; Alviggi, Mariagrazia; Canale, Vincenzo; Chiefari, Giovanni; DELLA VOLPE, Domenico; Merola, Leonardo; Conventi, Francesco; DELLA PIETRA, Massimo; Giordano, Raffaele; Rossi, Elvira; SANCHEZ PINEDA, ARTURO RODOLFO; Carlino, Gianpaolo; de Asmundis, Riccardo; Di Donato, Camilla; Doria, Alessandra; Iengo, Paolo; Izzo, Vincenzo; Sekhniaidze, Givi; Et, A. l.. - In: JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. - ISSN 1126-6708. - 2014:5(2014). [10.1007/JHEP05(2014)068]
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