Published October 1999 | Version v1
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Constraints on PDFs from W and Z rapidity distributions at CDF

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The rapidity distributions of W and Z bosons produced in proton anti-proton collisions at CDF are presented. The rapidity distribution of Z bosons, measured for the first time over the entire kinematic range, is better described by NLO QCD (and also by QCD with gluon resummation) than by leading order QCD. The W charge asymmetry data as a function of rapidity strongly constrain the ratio of d and u quark momentum distributions in the proton over the x range of 0.006 to 0.34. The W data are used to rule out recently proposed models for charge and flavor symmetry violation of the sea quark distributions in the nucleon

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S0920563299006556;

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Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
79
Journal Issue
1-3
Journal Page Range
p. 136-138
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE7

Conference

Title
7. international workshop on deep inelastic scattering and QCD
Acronym
DIS '99
Dates
19-23 Apr 1999
Place
Zeuthen (Germany)

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Copyright (c) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.