Measurement of the forward-backward charge asymmetry and extraction of sin**2 Theta(W)(eff) in p anti-p ---> Z/gamma* + X ---> e+ e- + X events produced at s**(1/2) = 1.96$-TeV.

UNSPECIFIED (2008) Measurement of the forward-backward charge asymmetry and extraction of sin**2 Theta(W)(eff) in p anti-p ---> Z/gamma* + X ---> e+ e- + X events produced at s**(1/2) = 1.96$-TeV. Physical review letters, 101 (19): 191801. ISSN 1079-7114

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Abstract

We present a measurement of the forward-backward charge asymmetry (AFB) in ppbar -> Z/gamma -> X to e+e- + X events at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV using 1.1 fb^-1 of data collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. AFB is measured as a function of the invariant mass of the electron-positron pair, and found to be consistent with the standard model prediction. We use the AFB measurement to extract the effective weak mixing angle sin^2 ^W _eff = 0.2326 +/- 0.0018(stat) +/- 0.0006 (syst).

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Journal Article
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Physical review letters
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© 2008 The American Physical Society
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?? d0electroweakstandard modelphysicsphysics and astronomy(all)qc physics ??
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56872
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10 Aug 2012 15:28
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