Measurement of sin2θeff\sin^2\theta_{\rm eff}^{\ell} and ZZ-light quark couplings using the forward-backward charge asymmetry in ppˉZ/γe+ep\bar{p} \to Z/\gamma^{*} \to e^{+}e^{-} events with L=5.0{\cal L}=5.0 fb1^{-1} at s=1.96\sqrt{s}=1.96 TeV

Collaboration
Apr, 2011
14 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 84 (2011) 012007
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Report number:
  • FERMILAB-PUB-11-190-E
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We measure the mass dependence of the forward-backward charge asymmetry in 157,553 ppˉZ/γe+ep\bar{p} \rightarrow Z/\gamma^{*} \rightarrow e^+e^- interactions, corresponding to 5.0 fb1^{-1} of integrated luminosity collected by the D0 experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider at s=1.96\sqrt{s}=1.96 TeV. The effective weak mixing angle (sin2θefflept\sin^2\theta_{eff}^{lept}) from this process involving predominantly the first generation of quarks is extracted as sin2θefflept=0.2309±0.0008(stat.)±0.0006(syst.)\sin^2\theta_{eff}^{lept} = 0.2309 \pm 0.0008 ({stat.}) \pm 0.0006 ({syst.}). We also present the most precise direct measurement of the vector and axial-vector couplings of uu and dd quarks to the ZZ boson.
Note:
  • submitted to Phys. Rev. D, 14 pages, 9 figures
  • 13.38.Dg
  • 14.70.Hp
  • 13.85.Qk
  • charge: asymmetry
  • quark: coupling
  • coupling constant: axial-vector
  • Z0: hadroproduction
  • Batavia TEVATRON Coll
  • Weinberg angle
  • coupling constant: vector