Measurement of associated production of a W boson and a charm quark in proton–proton collisions at [radical]s=13TeV
Measurements are presented of associated production of a W boson and a charm quark (W+c) in proton–proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13TeV. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.7fb−1 collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC. The W bosons are identified by their...
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| description | Measurements are presented of associated production of a W boson and a charm quark (W+c) in proton–proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13TeV. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.7fb−1 collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC. The W bosons are identified by their decay into a muon and a neutrino. The charm quarks are tagged via the full reconstruction of D∗(2010)± mesons that decay via D*(2010)±→D[superscript 0]+𝜋±→K∓+𝜋±+𝜋±. A cross section is measured in the fiducial region defined by the muon transverse momentum 𝑝𝜇T>26GeV, muon pseudorapidity |𝜂[superscript 𝜇]|<2.4, and charm quark transverse momentum 𝑝[superscript c][subscript T]>5GeV. The inclusive cross section for this kinematic range is 𝜎(W+c)=1026±31(stat)[superscript +76][subscript −72](syst) pb. The cross section is also measured differentially as a function of the pseudorapidity of the muon from the W boson decay. These measurements are compared with theoretical predictions and are used to probe the strange quark content of the proton. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1241402022-09-29T12:52:23Z Measurement of associated production of a W boson and a charm quark in proton–proton collisions at [radical]s=13TeV Abercrombie Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Measurements are presented of associated production of a W boson and a charm quark (W+c) in proton–proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13TeV. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.7fb−1 collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC. The W bosons are identified by their decay into a muon and a neutrino. The charm quarks are tagged via the full reconstruction of D∗(2010)± mesons that decay via D*(2010)±→D[superscript 0]+𝜋±→K∓+𝜋±+𝜋±. A cross section is measured in the fiducial region defined by the muon transverse momentum 𝑝𝜇T>26GeV, muon pseudorapidity |𝜂[superscript 𝜇]|<2.4, and charm quark transverse momentum 𝑝[superscript c][subscript T]>5GeV. The inclusive cross section for this kinematic range is 𝜎(W+c)=1026±31(stat)[superscript +76][subscript −72](syst) pb. The cross section is also measured differentially as a function of the pseudorapidity of the muon from the W boson decay. These measurements are compared with theoretical predictions and are used to probe the strange quark content of the proton. 2020-03-12T20:21:44Z 2020-03-12T20:21:44Z 2019-03 2018-11 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1434-6044 1434-6052 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/124140 Sirunyan, A.M., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W. et al. Measurement of associated production of a W boson and a charm quark in proton–proton collisions at 𝑠√=13TeV. Eur. Phys. J. C 79, 269 (2019). © CERN for the benefit of the CMS collaboration 2019 en_US https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6752-1 The European Physical Journal C Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf Springer Science and Business Media LLC Springer |
| spellingShingle | Abercrombie Measurement of associated production of a W boson and a charm quark in proton–proton collisions at [radical]s=13TeV |
| title | Measurement of associated production of a W boson and a charm quark in proton–proton collisions at [radical]s=13TeV |
| title_full | Measurement of associated production of a W boson and a charm quark in proton–proton collisions at [radical]s=13TeV |
| title_fullStr | Measurement of associated production of a W boson and a charm quark in proton–proton collisions at [radical]s=13TeV |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measurement of associated production of a W boson and a charm quark in proton–proton collisions at [radical]s=13TeV |
| title_short | Measurement of associated production of a W boson and a charm quark in proton–proton collisions at [radical]s=13TeV |
| title_sort | measurement of associated production of a w boson and a charm quark in proton proton collisions at radical s 13tev |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/124140 |
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