Parton Distribution Function sensitivity studies using electroweak processes at LHCb
High Energy Physics - Experiment
2010-11-19 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We describe parton density function sensitivity studies, using muon final states produced through the Drell-Yan process via W, Z or down to a Q^2 of 10 GeV^2. This makes use of LHCb's unique ability to trigger on low transverse momentum objects. Due to the forward acceptance of LHCb, x values down to 2 10^{-6} can be probed, where with just 100 pb-1 of data, the gluon PDF can improved up to 70%.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1011.4260,
title = {Parton Distribution Function sensitivity studies using electroweak processes at LHCb},
author = {Francesco De Lorenzi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.4260},
year = {2010}
}