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Measurement of the polar-angle distribution of leptons from W boson decay as a function of the W transverse momentum in pp̄ collisions at √s=1.8 TeV

  • D. Acosta
  • , T. Affolder
  • , M. G. Albrow
  • , D. Ambrose
  • , D. Amidei
  • , K. Anikeev
  • , J. Antos
  • , G. Apollinari
  • , T. Arisawa
  • , A. Artikov
  • , W. Ashmanskas
  • , F. Azfar
  • , P. Azzi-Bacchetta
  • , N. Bacchetta
  • , H. Bachacou
  • , W. Badgett
  • , A. Barbaro-Galtieri
  • , V. E. Barnes
  • , B. A. Barnett
  • , S. Baroiant
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Nakano, R. Napora, F. Niell, C. Nelson, T. Nelson, C. Neu, M. S. Neubauer, C. Newman-Holmes, T. Nigmanov, L. Nodulman, S. H. Oh, Y. D. Oh, T. Ohsugi, T. Okusawa, W. Orejudos, C. Pagliarone, F. Palmonari, R. Paoletti, V. Papadimitriou, J. Patrick, G. Pauletta, M. Paulini, T. Pauly, C. Paus, D. Pellett, A. Penzo, T. J. Phillips, G. Piacentino, J. Piedra, K. T. Pitts, A. Pompoš, L. Pondrom, G. Pope, T. Pratt, F. Prokoshin, J. Proudfoot, F. Ptohos, O. Poukhov, G. Punzi, J. Rademacker, A. Rakitine, F. Ratnikov, H. Ray, A. Reichold, P. Renton, M. Rescigno, F. Rimondi, L. Ristori, W. J. Robertson, T. Rodrigo, S. Rolli, L. Rosenson, R. Roser, R. Rossin, C. Rott, A. Roy, A. Ruiz, D. Ryan, A. Safonov, R. S. Denis, W. K. Sakumoto, D. Saltzberg, C. Sanchez, A. Sansoni, L. Santi, S. Sarkar, P. Savard, A. Savoy-Navarro, P. Schlabach, E. E. Schmidt, M. P. Schmidt, M. Schmitt, L. Scodellaro, A. Scribano, A. Sedov, S. Seidel, Y. Seiya, A. Semenov, F. Semeria, M. D. Shapiro, P. F. Shepard, T. 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Yoh, T. Yoshida, I. Yu, S. Yu, J. C. Yun, L. Zanello, A. Zanetti, F. Zetti, S. Zucchelli
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Abstract

We present a measurement of the polar-angle distribution of leptons from W boson decay, as a function of the W transverse momentum. The measurement uses an 80±4 pb-1 sample of pp̄ collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV collected by the CDF detector and includes data from both the W→e+ν and W→μ+ν decay channels. We fit the W boson transverse mass distribution to a set of templates from a Monte Carlo event generator and detector simulation in several ranges of the W transverse momentum. The measurement agrees with the standard model expectation, whereby the ratio of longitudinally to transversely polarized W bosons, in the Collins-Soper W rest frame, increases with the W transverse momentum at a rate of approximately 15% per 10 GeV/c.

Original languageEnglish
Article number032004
Pages (from-to)032004-1-032004-21
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume70
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 15 2004

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