CMS-PAS-SMP-14-004

CMS-PAS-SMP-14-004
Forward-backward asymmetry of Drell-Yan lepton pairs in pp collisions at 8 TeV
CMS Collaboration
April 2015

Abstract: The measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry A $_{\rm FB}$ of oppositely charged lepton pairs produced via an intermediate $Z/\gamma^*$ at $\sqrt{s} = 8$ ~TeV is presented. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 19.7~fb $^{-1}$ . The A $_{\rm FB}$ measurement is performed for dilepton masses between 40 GeV and 2 TeV and rapidity up to 5. The final distributions are corrected for detector resolution, acceptance, and final-state radiation effects. The measured A $_{\rm FB}$ distributions are found to be consistent with the standard model predictions.
Links: CDS record (PDF) ; inSPIRE record ; Public twiki page ; CADI line (restricted) ; These preliminary results are superseded in this paper, EPJC 76 (2016) 325. The superseded preliminary plots can be found here.

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