Measurement of the forward-backward charge asymmetry from W→eν production in pp̅ collisions at √s=1.96 TeV

Authors

Darin Acosta, University of Florida-GainesvilleFollow
Kenneth A. Bloom, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Collider Detector at Fermilab Collaboration

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

3-31-2005

Comments

Published by American Physical Society. Phys. Rev. D 71, 051104 (2005). http://prd.aps.org/. Copyright © 2005 American Physical Society. Permission to use.

Abstract

We report a measurement of the forward-backward charge asymmetry of electrons from W boson decays in pp̅ collisions at √s =1.96 TeV using a data sample of 170 pb^-1 collected by the Collider Detector at Fermilab. The asymmetry is measured as a function of electron rapidity and transverse energy and provides new input on the momentum fraction dependence of the U and d quark parton distribution functions within the proton.