A simple event weighting technique for optimizing the measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry of Drell-Yan dilepton pairs at hadron colliders

Details A simple event weighting technique for optimizing the measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry of Drell-Yan dilepton pairs at hadron colliders A simple event weighting technique for optimizing the measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry of Drell-Yan dilepton pairs at hadron colliders

2009-11-15

arxiv.org/abs/0911.2850v4

Eur.Phys.J.C67:321-334,2010

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Experiment

13 pages, 1 figure, 4 tables. Accepted for publication in EPJC

Scientific paper

10.1140/epjc/s10052-010-1287-5

We describe a simple technique for optimizing the extraction of the forward-backward asymmetry ($A_{fb}$) of Drell-Yan lepton pairs ($e^+e^-$,$ \mu^+\mu^-$) produced in $\bar{p}p$ and $pp$ collisions at hadron colliders. The method employs simple event weights which are functions of the rapidity and $cos\theta$ decay angle of the lepton pair. It yields the best estimate of the acceptance corrected parton level ($\bar{q}q$) forward backward asymmetry as a function of final state dilepton mass ($M_{\ell\ell}$). Typically, when compared to the simple count method, the technique reduces the statistical errors by 20% for $\bar{p}p$, and 40% for $pp$ collisions, respectively. The technique can be used to search for new high mass and large width Z' bosons which may be best detected through the observation of deviations from the Standard Model expectation for the forward-backward asymmetry. In addition, we derive expressions for the QCD angular coefficients for Drell-Yan events.

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