Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2003-12-22
Phys.Rev.Lett. 93 (2004) 041802
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
4 pages
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.041802
A recently completed next-to-leading-order program to calculate neutrino cross sections, including power-suppressed mass correction terms, has been applied to evaluate the Paschos-Wolfenstein relation, in order to quantitatively assess the validity and significance of the NuTeV anomaly. In particular, we study the shift of $\sin^2 \theta_{\mathrm{W}}$ obtained in calculations with a new generation of PDF sets that allow $s(x)\neq \bar{s}(x)$, enabled by recent neutrino dimuon data from CCFR and NuTeV, as compared to the previous $s = \bar{s}$ parton distribution functions like CTEQ6M. The extracted value of $\sin^2 \theta_{\mathrm{W}}$ is closely correlated with the strangeness asymmetry momentum integral $\int_{0}^{1}x[s(x)-\bar{s}(x)] dx$. We also consider isospin violating effects that have recently been explored by the MRST group. The results of our study suggest that the new dimuon data, the Weinberg angle measurement, and other data sets used in global QCD parton structure analysis can all be consistent within the Standard Model.
Hall Reno Mary
Kretzer Stefan
Olness Fred
Pumplin Jon
Stump Daniel
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