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Measurements of the associated production of a W boson and a charm quark in proton-proton collisions at s=8TeV.
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Tumasyan, A; Adam, W; Bergauer, T; Dragicevic, M; Erö, J; Valle, A Escalante Del; Frühwirth, R; Jeitler, M; Krammer, N; Lechner, L; Liko, D; Madlener, T; Mikulec, I; Pitters, FM; Rad, N; Schieck, J; Schöfbeck, R; Spanring, M; Templ, S; Waltenberger, W; Wulz, C-E; Zarucki, M; Chekhovsky, V; Litomin, A; Makarenko, V; Gonzalez, J Suarez; Darwish, MR; De Wolf, EA; Croce, D Di; Janssen, T; Kello, T; Lelek, A; Pieters, M; Sfar, H Rejeb; Haevermaet, H Van; Mechelen, P Van; Putte, S Van; Remortel, N Van; Blekman, F; Bols, ES; Chhibra, SS; D'Hondt, J; De Clercq, J; Lontkovskyi, D; Lowette, S; Marchesini, I; Moortgat, S; Morton, A; Python, Q; Tavernier, S; Doninck, W Van; Mulders, P Van; Beghin, D; Bilin, B; Clerbaux, B; De Lentdecker, G; Dorney, B; Favart, L; Grebenyuk, A; Kalsi, AK; Makarenko, I; Moureaux, L; Pétré, L; Popov, A; Postiau, N; Starling, E; Thomas, L; Velde, C Vander; Vanlaer, P; Vannerom, D; Wezenbeek, L; Cornelis, T; Dobur, D; Gruchala, M; Khvastunov, I; Niedziela, M; Roskas, C; Skovpen, K; Tytgat, M; Verbeke, W; Vermassen, B; Vit, M; Bruno, G; Bury, F; Caputo, C; David, P; Delaere, C; Delcourt, M; Donertas, IS; Giammanco, A; Lemaitre, V; Mondal, K; Prisciandaro, J; Taliercio, A; Teklishyn, M; Vischia, P; Wuyckens, S; Zobec, J; Alves, GA; Hensel, C
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The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields. 82(12)
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Measurements of the associated production of a W boson and a charm ( c ) quark in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV are reported. The analysis uses a data sample corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb-1 collected by the CMS detector at the LHC. The W bosons are identified through their leptonic decays to an electron or a muon, and a neutrino. Charm quark jets are selected using distinctive signatures of charm hadron decays. The product of the cross section and branching fraction σ(pp→W+c+X)B(W→ℓν) , where ℓ=e or μ , and the cross section ratio σ(pp→W++c¯+X)/σ(pp→W-+c+X) are measured in a fiducial volume and differentially as functions of the pseudorapidity and of the transverse momentum of the lepton from the W boson decay. The results are compared with theoretical predictions. The impact of these measurements on the determination of the strange quark distribution is assessed.