NNLO QCD predictions of the electron charge asymmetry for the inclusive $pp\to W+X$ production in the forward region at 13 TeV and 14 TeV

Abstract

This paper presents perturbative QCD predictions of the electron charge asymmetry for the inclusive $W^{\pm }+X\to e^{\pm }\nu +X$ production in proton-proton (pp) collisions. Perturbative QCD calculations are performed at next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) accuracy by using different parton distribution function (PDF) models at 8 TeV, 13 TeV, and 14 TeV center-of-mass energies of the CERN LHC pp collisions. The NNLO calculations are performed for the electrons to have transverse momentum more than 20 GeV in the forward electron pseudorapidity region $2.0\le {\eta }_e\le 4.25$. The NNLO predictions are first compared at 8 TeV with the measurement of the LHCb experiment at the LHC for the W${}^{+}$/W${}^{-}$ cross section ratio and charge asymmetry distributions. The 8 TeV predictions using NNPDF3.1, CT14, and MMHT2014 PDF sets are reported to be in good agreement with the LHCb data for the entire ${\eta }_e$ region justifying the extension of the calculations to 13 TeV and 14 TeV energies. The charge asymmetry predictions at NNLO accuracy are also reported in the forward ${\eta }_e$ bins at 13 TeV and 14 TeV and compared among NNPDF3.1, CT14, and MMHT2014 PDF sets. Overall the predicted W${}^{\pm }$ differential cross section and charge asymmetry distributions based on different PDF sets are found to be consistent with each other for the entire ${\eta }_e$ region. The charge asymmetry distributions are shown to be more sensitive to discriminate among different PDF models in the 14 TeV predictions.

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