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Measurement of the polarisation of W bosons produced with large transverse momentum in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS experiment

NázevTitle
Measurement of the polarisation of W bosons produced with large transverse momentum in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS experimentMeasurement of the polarisation of W bosons produced with large transverse momentum in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS experiment
Druh výsledkuResult type
Článek v časopiseJournal article
AutořiAuthors
G. Aad, B. Abbott, J. Abdallah, A. A. Abdelalim, A. Abdesselam, K. Augsten, T. Holý, T. Horažďovský, Z. Hubáček, J. Jakůbek, Z. Kohout, V. Král, F. Krejčí, S. Pospíšil, V. Šimák, T. Slavíček, K. Smolek, J. Sodomka, M. Solar, J. Šolc, B. Sopko, V. Sopko, I. Štekl, D. Tureček, V. Vacek, M. Vlasák, P. Vokáč
DOIDOI
10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-2001-6
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
European Physical Journal C. 2012, 72(5), 2001-1-2001-30. ISSN 1434-6044.
RokYear
2012
JazykLanguage
eng
WoSWoS
000304778800023
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-84862316225
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21220/12:00202607!RIV13-MSM-21220___
ProjektProject
Mezinárodní experiment ATLAS-CERNInternational Experiment ATLAS-CERN; Matematické, počítačové a experimentální metody ve fyziceMathematical, Computer and Experimental Methods in Physics; Matematické, počítačové a experimentální metody ve fyziceMathematical, Computer and Experimental Methods in Physics; Centrum částicové fyzikyCenter for Particle Physics; Mezinárodní experiment ATLAS-CERNInternational Experiment ATLAS-CERN; Fundamentální experimenty ve fyzice mikrosvětaFundamental Experiments in Physics of Microworld

AbstraktAbstract

This paper describes an analysis of the angular distribution of W -> e nu and W -> mu nu decays, using data from pp collisions at root s = 7 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC in 2010, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of about 35 pb(-1). Using the decay lepton transverse momentum and the missing transverse momentum, the W decay angular distribution projected onto the transverse plane is obtained and analysed in terms of helicity fractions f(0), f(L) and f(R) over two ranges of W transverse momentum (p(T)(W)) : 35 < p(T)(W) < 50 GeV and p(T)(W) > 50 GeV. Good agreement is found with theoretical predictions. For p(T)(W) > 50 GeV, the values of f(0) and f(L) - f(R), averaged over charge and lepton flavour, are measured to be: f(0) = 0.127 +/- 0.030 +/- 0.108 and f(L) - f(R) = 0.252 +/- 0.017 +/- 0.030, where the first uncertainties are statistical, and the second include all systematic effects.

This paper describes an analysis of the angular distribution of W -> e nu and W -> mu nu decays, using data from pp collisions at root s = 7 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC in 2010, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of about 35 pb(-1). Using the decay lepton transverse momentum and the missing transverse momentum, the W decay angular distribution projected onto the transverse plane is obtained and analysed in terms of helicity fractions f(0), f(L) and f(R) over two ranges of W transverse momentum (p(T)(W)) : 35 < p(T)(W) < 50 GeV and p(T)(W) > 50 GeV. Good agreement is found with theoretical predictions. For p(T)(W) > 50 GeV, the values of f(0) and f(L) - f(R), averaged over charge and lepton flavour, are measured to be: f(0) = 0.127 +/- 0.030 +/- 0.108 and f(L) - f(R) = 0.252 +/- 0.017 +/- 0.030, where the first uncertainties are statistical, and the second include all systematic effects.