https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3655-7
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
QCD analysis of W- and Z-boson production at Tevatron
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Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
2
Department of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, Ulyanovskaya 1, 198504, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
4
CPPM, IN2P3-CNRS, Univ. Mediterranee, Marseille, France
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Niels Bohr International Academy and Discovery Center, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 17, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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FERMILAB, Batavia, IL, 60510, USA
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Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Joliot-Curie 6, 141980, Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia
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Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Platanenallee 6, 15738, Zeuthen, Germany
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Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA
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Physikalisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Sussex House, Brighton, BN1 9RH, UK
* e-mail: herafitter-help@desy.de
Received:
26
May
2015
Accepted:
2
September
2015
Published online:
28
September
2015
Recent measurements of the W-boson charge asymmetry and of the Z-boson production cross sections, performed at the Tevatron collider in Run II by the D0 and CDF collaborations, are studied using the HERAFitter framework to assess their impact on the proton parton distribution functions (PDFs). The Tevatron measurements, together with deep-inelastic scattering data from HERA, are included in a QCD analysis performed at next-to-leading order, and compared to the predictions obtained using other PDF sets from different groups. Good agreement between measurements and theoretical predictions is observed. The Tevatron data provide significant constraints on the d-valence quark distribution.
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