Parton density constraints from massive vector boson production at the LHC
arXiv:1401.7207 · doi:10.1088/1742-6596/589/1/012012
Abstract
We demonstrate that not only the production of virtual photons decaying into low-mass lepton pairs, but also the one of weak bosons at large transverse momenta is dominated by quark-gluon scattering. Measurements of these processes at the LHC can therefore provide useful constraints on the parton densities in the proton, in particular the one of the gluon, and their nuclear modifications.
6 pages, 3 figures. Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on High-pT Physics at LHC
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