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Title: QCD analysis of $$W$$- and $$Z$$-boson production at Tevatron

Journal Article · · European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields
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  1. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)
  2. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany); St Petersburg Univ., St. Petersburg (Russia)
  3. Univ. of Oxford, Oxford (United Kingdom)
  4. Univ. Mediterranee, Marseille (France)
  5. Univ. of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (Denmark)
  6. Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
  7. Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna (Russian Federation)
  8. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Zeuthen (Germany)
  9. Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX (United States)
  10. Univ. Heidelberg, Heidelberg (Germany)
  11. Jagiellonian Univ., Cracow (Poland)
  12. Univ. of Sussex, Brighton (United Kingdom)
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Recent measurements of the W-boson charge asymmetry and of the Z-boson production cross sections, performed at the Tevatron collider in Run II by the D0 and CDF collaborations, are studied using the HERAFitter framework to assess their impact on the proton parton distribution functions (PDFs). Thus, the Tevatron measurements, together with deep-inelastic scattering data from HERA, are included in a QCD analysis performed at next-to-leading order, and compared to the predictions obtained using other PDF sets from different groups. Good agreement between measurements and theoretical predictions is observed. The Tevatron data provide significant constraints on the d-valence quark distribution.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Contributing Organization:
HERAFitter developers' Team
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1223214
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-15-209-PPD; DESY-REPORT-15-035; arXiv eprint number arXiv:1503.05221
Journal Information:
European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields, Vol. 75, Issue 9; ISSN 1434-6044
Publisher:
SpringerCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 21 works
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