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Measurement of the polar-angle distribution of leptons from W boson decay as a function of the W transverse momentum in [Formula Presented] collisions at [Formula Presented]

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Acosta, D; Affolder, T; Albrow, MG; Ambrose, D; Amidei, D; Anikeev, K; Antos, J; Apollinari, G; Arisawa, T; Artikov, A; Ashmanskas, W; Cauz, D ...
Published in: Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
January 1, 2004

We present a measurement of the polar-angle distribution of leptons from W boson decay, as a function of the W transverse momentum. The measurement uses an [Formula Presented] sample of [Formula Presented] collisions at [Formula Presented] collected by the CDF detector and includes data from both the [Formula Presented] and [Formula Presented] decay channels. We fit the W boson transverse mass distribution to a set of templates from a Monte Carlo event generator and detector simulation in several ranges of the W transverse momentum. The measurement agrees with the standard model expectation, whereby the ratio of longitudinally to transversely polarized W bosons, in the Collins-Soper W rest frame, increases with the W transverse momentum at a rate of approximately 15% per [Formula Presented]. © 2004 The American Physical Society.

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Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

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1550-2368

ISSN

1550-7998

Publication Date

January 1, 2004

Volume

70

Issue

3

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 4902 Mathematical physics
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
 

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Acosta, D., Affolder, T., Albrow, M. G., Ambrose, D., Amidei, D., Anikeev, K., … Errede, S. (2004). Measurement of the polar-angle distribution of leptons from W boson decay as a function of the W transverse momentum in [Formula Presented] collisions at [Formula Presented]. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 70(3). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.70.032004
Acosta, D., T. Affolder, M. G. Albrow, D. Ambrose, D. Amidei, K. Anikeev, J. Antos, et al. “Measurement of the polar-angle distribution of leptons from W boson decay as a function of the W transverse momentum in [Formula Presented] collisions at [Formula Presented].” Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 70, no. 3 (January 1, 2004). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.70.032004.
Acosta D, Affolder T, Albrow MG, Ambrose D, Amidei D, Anikeev K, et al. Measurement of the polar-angle distribution of leptons from W boson decay as a function of the W transverse momentum in [Formula Presented] collisions at [Formula Presented]. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology. 2004 Jan 1;70(3).
Acosta, D., et al. “Measurement of the polar-angle distribution of leptons from W boson decay as a function of the W transverse momentum in [Formula Presented] collisions at [Formula Presented].” Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 70, no. 3, Jan. 2004. Scopus, doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.70.032004.
Acosta D, Affolder T, Albrow MG, Ambrose D, Amidei D, Anikeev K, Antos J, Apollinari G, Arisawa T, Artikov A, Ashmanskas W, Azfar F, Azzi-Bacchetta P, Bacchetta N, Bachacou H, Badgett W, Barbaro-Galtieri A, Barnes VE, Barnett BA, Baroiant S, Barone M, Bauer G, Bedeschi F, Behari S, Belforte S, Bell WH, Bellettini G, Bellinger J, Benjamin D, Beretvas A, Bhatti A, Binkley M, Bisello D, Bishai M, Blair RE, Blocker C, Bloom K, Blumenfeld B, Bocci A, Bodek A, Bolla G, Bolshov A, Bortoletto D, Boudreau J, Bromberg C, Brubaker E, Budagov J, Budd HS, Burkett K, Busetto G, Byrum KL, Cabrera S, Campbell M, Carithers W, Carlsmith D, Castro A, Cauz D, Cerri A, Cerrito L, Chapman J, Chen C, Chen YC, Chertok M, Chiarelli G, Chlachidze G, Chlebana F, Chu ML, Chung JY, Chung W, Chung YS, Ciobanu CI, Clark AG, Coca M, Connolly A, Convery M, Conway J, Cordelli M, Cranshaw J, Culbertson R, Dagenhart D, D’Auria S, Barbaro P, Cecco S, Dell’Agnello S, Dell’Orso M, Demers S, Demortier L, Deninno M, Pedis D, Derwent PF, Dionisi C, Dittmann JR, Dominguez A, Donati S, D’Onofrio M, Dorigo T, Eddy N, Erbacher R, Errede D, Errede S. Measurement of the polar-angle distribution of leptons from W boson decay as a function of the W transverse momentum in [Formula Presented] collisions at [Formula Presented]. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology. 2004 Jan 1;70(3).

Published In

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

DOI

EISSN

1550-2368

ISSN

1550-7998

Publication Date

January 1, 2004

Volume

70

Issue

3

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5107 Particle and high energy physics
  • 5101 Astronomical sciences
  • 4902 Mathematical physics
  • 0206 Quantum Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences