(CMS) Sirunyan, Albert; Đurić, Senka; Lelas, Damir; Godinović, Nikola; Puljak, Ivica; Šćulac, Toni; Mesić, Benjamin; Šuša, Tatjana; Kovač, Marko; FerenčeK, Dinko; Antunović, Željko; Starodumov, Andrey; Brigljević, Vuko; Luetić, Jelena; Kadija, Krešo; Woods, Nate (2019) Measurement of associated production of a W boson and a charm quark in proton–proton collisions at s√=13TeV. European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 79 . ISSN 1434-6044
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Abstract
Measurements are presented of associated production of a W boson and a charm quark (W+c) in proton–proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13TeV. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.7fb−1 collected by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC. The W bosons are identified by their decay into a muon and a neutrino. The charm quarks are tagged via the full reconstruction of D∗(2010)± mesons that decay via D∗(2010)±→D0+π±→K∓+π±+π±. A cross section is measured in the fiducial region defined by the muon transverse momentum pμT>26GeV, muon pseudorapidity |ημ|<2.4, and charm quark transverse momentum pcT>5GeV. The inclusive cross section for this kinematic range is σ(W+c)=1026±31(stat)+76−72(syst) pb. The cross section is also measured differentially as a function of the pseudorapidity of the muon from the W boson decay. These measurements are compared with theoretical predictions and are used to probe the strange quark content of the proton.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | High energy physics ; Experimental particle physics ; LHC ; CMS ; Standard Model |
| Subjects: | NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics |
| Divisions: | Division of Experimental Physics |
| Depositing User: | Vuko Brigljević |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2019 13:53 |
| URI: | http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/4880 |
| DOI: | 10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6752-1 |
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