Measurement of the polarisation of W bosons produced with large transverse momentum in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS experiment

G. Aad, Mogens Dam, Nele Maria Philomena Boelaert, Jørgen Beck Hansen, Peter Henrik Hansen, Jørn Dines Hansen, John Renner Hansen, Simon Johann Franz Heisterkamp, Morten Dam Jørgensen, Esben Bryndt Klinkby, Sascha Mehlhase, Björn Stefan Nilsson, Troels Christian Petersen, Ask Emil Løvschall-Jensen, Stefania Xella

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Abstract

This paper describes an analysis of the angular distribution of W→eν and W→μν decays, using data from pp collisions at √s =7 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC in 2010, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of about 35 pb-1. Using the decay lepton transverse momentum and the missing transverse momentum, the W decay angular distribution projected onto the transverse plane is obtained and analysed in terms of helicity fractions f0, fL and fR over two ranges of W transverse momentum (pWT): 35 < pWT < 50 GeV and pWT > 50 GeV. Good agreement is found with theoretical predictions. For pWT >50 GeV, the values of f0 and fL-fR, averaged over charge and lepton flavour, are measured to be: f0=0. 127±0. 030±0. 108 and fL-fR=0. 252±0. 017±0. 030, where the first uncertainties are statistical, and the second include all systematic effects.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftEuropean Physical Journal C
Vol/bind72
Udgave nummer5
Sider (fra-til)2001
ISSN1434-6044
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 23 maj 2012

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