A first measurement of the polarization of W bosons with large transverse momenta in pp collisions is presented. The measurement is based on 36  pb-1 of data recorded at √s=7  TeV by the CMS detector at the LHC. The left-handed, right-handed, and longitudinal polarization fractions (fL, fR, and f0, respectively) of W bosons with transverse momenta larger than 50 GeV are determined by using decays to both electrons and muons. The muon final state yields the most precise measurement: (fL-fR)-=0.240±0.036(stat)±0.031(syst) and f0-=0.183±0.087(stat)±0.123(syst) for negatively charged W bosons and (fL-fR)+=0.310±0.036(stat)±0.017(syst) and f0+=0.171±0.085(stat)±0.099(syst) for positively charged W bosons. This establishes, for the first time, that W bosons produced in pp collisions with large transverse momenta are predominantly left-handed, as expected in the standard model.

V. KHACHATRYAN, A.M. SIRUNYAN, A. TUMASYAN, W. ADAM, T. BERGAUER, M. DRAGICEVIC, et al. (2011). Measurement of the Polarization of W Bosons with Large Transverse Momenta in W+Jets Events at the LHC. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 107, 021802-1-021802-15 [10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.021802].

Measurement of the Polarization of W Bosons with Large Transverse Momenta in W+Jets Events at the LHC

BONACORSI, DANIELE;BRAIBANT, SYLVIE;CAPILUPPI, PAOLO;CASTRO, ANDREA;CUFFIANI, MARCO;FANFANI, ALESSANDRA;FASANELLA, DANIELE;MENEGHELLI, MARCO;NAVARRIA, FRANCESCO LUIGI;ROSSI, ANTONIO MARIA;ROVELLI, TIZIANO;SIROLI, GIAN PIERO;GUIDUCCI, LUIGI;PRIMAVERA, FEDERICA;BRIGLIADORI, LUCA
2011

Abstract

A first measurement of the polarization of W bosons with large transverse momenta in pp collisions is presented. The measurement is based on 36  pb-1 of data recorded at √s=7  TeV by the CMS detector at the LHC. The left-handed, right-handed, and longitudinal polarization fractions (fL, fR, and f0, respectively) of W bosons with transverse momenta larger than 50 GeV are determined by using decays to both electrons and muons. The muon final state yields the most precise measurement: (fL-fR)-=0.240±0.036(stat)±0.031(syst) and f0-=0.183±0.087(stat)±0.123(syst) for negatively charged W bosons and (fL-fR)+=0.310±0.036(stat)±0.017(syst) and f0+=0.171±0.085(stat)±0.099(syst) for positively charged W bosons. This establishes, for the first time, that W bosons produced in pp collisions with large transverse momenta are predominantly left-handed, as expected in the standard model.
2011
V. KHACHATRYAN, A.M. SIRUNYAN, A. TUMASYAN, W. ADAM, T. BERGAUER, M. DRAGICEVIC, et al. (2011). Measurement of the Polarization of W Bosons with Large Transverse Momenta in W+Jets Events at the LHC. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 107, 021802-1-021802-15 [10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.021802].
V. KHACHATRYAN; A.M. SIRUNYAN; A. TUMASYAN; W. ADAM; T. BERGAUER; M. DRAGICEVIC; J. ER¨O; C. FABJAN; M. FRIEDL; R. FRUHWIRTH; V.M. GHETE; J. HAMMER; S...espandi
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