Measurements of the associated production of a W boson and a charm quark in proton-proton collisions at √ s = 8 TeV
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Tumasyan, A., Adam, W., Bergauer, T., Dragicevic, M., Erö, J., Valle, A., ... & Wang, H. (2022). Measurements of the associated production of a W boson and a charm quark in proton–proton collisions at $$\sqrt {s}= 8\,\text {TeV} $$. The European Physical Journal C, 82(12), p.1-37.Abstract
Measurements of the associated production of a W boson and a charm (c) quark in proton–proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8TeV are reported. The analysis uses a data sample corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 19.7fb−1 collected by the CMS detector at the LHC. The W bosons are identified through their leptonic decays to an electron or a muon, and a neutrino. Charm quark jets are selected using distinctive signatures of charm hadron decays. The product of the cross section and branching fraction \unicodex03C3(pp→W+c+X)B(W→ℓ\unicode[Times]x03BD), where ℓ=e or μ, and the cross section ratio σ(pp→W++c¯+X)/σ(pp→W−+c+X) are measured in a fiducial volume and differentially as functions of the pseudorapidity and of the transverse momentum of the lepton from the W boson decay. The results are compared with theoretical predictions. The impact of these measurements on the determination of the strange quark distribution is assessed.
