Lepton angular distribution of $W$ boson productions

Abstract

The lepton angular distribution coefficients $A_i$ for $Z$ boson production in $pp$ and $\bar{p}p$ collisions have been measured at the LHC and the Tevatron. A recent study showed that many features of the measured angular distribution coefficients, including the transverse momentum ($q_T$) and rapidity dependencies and the violation of the Lam-Tung relation, can be well described using an intuitive geometric approach. In this paper, we extend this geometric approach to describe the angular distribution coefficients for $W$ boson produced in $\bar{p}p$ collisions at the Tevatron. We first compare the data with a perturbative QCD calculation at $\mathcal{O}({\alpha }_s^2)$. We then show that the data and QCD calculations can be well described with the geometric approach. Implications for future studies at the LHC energy are also discussed.

8 pages and 6 figures. Published version

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