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Title: | Measurement of the Polarization of W Bosons With Large Transverse Momenta in W Plus Jets Events at the Lhc | Authors: | Karapınar, Güler | Publisher: | American Physical Society | 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 root s = 7 TeV by the CMS detector at the LHC. The left-handed, right-handed, and longitudinal polarization fractions (f(L), f(R), and f(0), 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: (f(L) - f(R))(-) = 0.240 +/- 0.036(syst) +/- 0.031(syst) and f(0)(-) = 0.183 +/- 0.087(stat) +/- 0.123(syst) for negatively charged W bosons and (f(L) - f(R))(+) = 0.310 +/- 0.036(syst) +/- 0.017(syst) and f(0)(+) = 0.171 +/- 0.085(syst) +/- 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. | Description: | PubMed: 21797595 | URI: | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.021802 https://hdl.handle.net/11147/10733 |
ISSN: | 0031-9007 1079-7114 |
Appears in Collections: | PubMed İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / PubMed Indexed Publications Collection Rectorate / Rektörlük WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection |
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