W Boson Charge Asymmetry in the Muonic Decay Channel at the CMS Experiment

W Boson Charge Asymmetry in the Muonic Decay Channel at the CMS Experiment

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Main Author: Williams, Grayson L.
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University / OhioLINK 2011
Subjects:
Physics
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1321594806
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu13215948062021-08-03T06:04:03Z W Boson Charge Asymmetry in the Muonic Decay Channel at the CMS Experiment Williams, Grayson L. Physics The Large Hadron Collider is a new circular particle accelerator designed to collide bunches of protons at a beam energy of sqrt(s) = 7 TeV. One of the two large general-purpose detectors is the Compact Muon Solenoid. This paper will provide a measurement of the W boson cross section and charge asymmetry in the decay channel W to muon + neutrino over the entire 2010 (35.9 inverse picobarn) dataset, as a means of testing detector performance and of constraining Parton Distribution Functions, as well as testing theoretical predictions in the new energy regime. The cross section and charge asymmetry were measured by first imposing a series of cuts, then using sideband subtraction to remove background process contributions. Systematicand statistical uncertainties were also calculated. The cross section was found to be consistent with theoretical predictions, and the overall charge asymmetry was also found to be consistent with theoretical predictions. 2011-12-15 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1321594806 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1321594806 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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W Boson Charge Asymmetry in the Muonic Decay Channel at the CMS Experiment
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title W Boson Charge Asymmetry in the Muonic Decay Channel at the CMS Experiment
title_short W Boson Charge Asymmetry in the Muonic Decay Channel at the CMS Experiment
title_full W Boson Charge Asymmetry in the Muonic Decay Channel at the CMS Experiment
title_fullStr W Boson Charge Asymmetry in the Muonic Decay Channel at the CMS Experiment
title_full_unstemmed W Boson Charge Asymmetry in the Muonic Decay Channel at the CMS Experiment
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