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Associated Production of W + Charm in 13 TeV Proton-Proton Collisions Measured with CMS and Determination of the Strange Quark Content of the Proton

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Authors:
  1. Svenja Karen Pflitsch

    1. Particle Physics, Deutsche Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany

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  • Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the DESY, Hamburg, Germany
  • Determines strange quark content of proton in good agreement with neutrino scattering experiments
  • Results resolve longstanding controversies in the field

Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Svenja Karen Pflitsch
    Pages 1-2

  3. Theoretical Overview

    • Svenja Karen Pflitsch
    Pages 3-45

  4. The LHC and the CMS Experiment

    • Svenja Karen Pflitsch
    Pages 47-56

  5. Event Reconstruction

    • Svenja Karen Pflitsch
    Pages 57-65

  6. Measurement of the Associated Production of W + Charm in \(\sqrt{s} = 13\) TeV Proton–Proton Collisions

    • Svenja Karen Pflitsch
    Pages 67-98

  7. Determination of the Strange Quark Content of the Proton

    • Svenja Karen Pflitsch
    Pages 99-108

  8. Summary and Conclusions

    • Svenja Karen Pflitsch
    Pages 109-111

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 113-148
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The associated production of a W boson and a single charm quark (W+c) is the only process in proton-proton collisions that directly probes the strange quark content of the proton. In this thesis, W+charm production is measured in proton-proton collisions at the LHC at 13 TeV, as recorded by the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment. The analysis focuses on the identification of W bosons in their leptonic decay to a muon and a neutrino and charm quarks are tagged via the full reconstruction of D*-Mesons.
The measured cross sections of W+c production are used, in combination with other relevant CMS results and the most precise HERA DIS data, in a QCD analysis to determine the strange quark content of the proton. The resulting strange quark distribution and suppression, with respect to the other light sea quarks, are in good agreement with those obtained in neutrino scattering experiments and extend their kinematic reach.



Authors and Affiliations

  • Particle Physics, Deutsche Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany

    Svenja Karen Pflitsch

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Associated Production of W + Charm in 13 TeV Proton-Proton Collisions Measured with CMS and Determination of the Strange Quark Content of the Proton

  • Authors: Svenja Karen Pflitsch

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52762-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-52761-7Published: 19 August 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-52764-8Published: 19 August 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-52762-4Published: 18 August 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 148

  • Number of Illustrations: 139 b/w illustrations, 79 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory, Particle and Nuclear Physics

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