A first measurement of the polarization of W bosons with large transverse momenta in pp collisions is presented. The measurement is based on 36pb⊃-1 of data recorded at √s=7TeV by the CMS detector at the LHC. The left-handed, right-handed, and longitudinal polarization fractions (f L, fR, and f0, respectively) of W bosons with transverse momenta larger than 50GeV 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 American Physical Society.

Chatrchyan, S., Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Bergauer, T., 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(2) [10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.021802].

Measurement of the polarization of w bosons with large transverse momenta in W+jets events at the LHC

BENAGLIA, ANDREA DAVIDE;DE GUIO, FEDERICO;DI MATTEO, LEONARDO;GHEZZI, ALESSIO;MARTELLI, ARABELLA;MASSIRONI, ANDREA;MORONI, LUIGI;PAGANONI, MARCO;RAGAZZI, STEFANO;TABARELLI DE FATIS, TOMMASO;Branca, A;GOVONI, PIETRO;DINARDO, MAURO EMANUELE;
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 36pb⊃-1 of data recorded at √s=7TeV by the CMS detector at the LHC. The left-handed, right-handed, and longitudinal polarization fractions (f L, fR, and f0, respectively) of W bosons with transverse momenta larger than 50GeV 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 American Physical Society.
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CMS, LHC, W polarization
English
2011
107
2
021802
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Chatrchyan, S., Khachatryan, V., Sirunyan, A., Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Bergauer, T., 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(2) [10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.021802].
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