3-LOOP SPLITTING FUNCTIONS; PARTON DISTRIBUTIONS; LEADING ORDER; LHC; QCD; SCATTERING; DENSITIES; EVOLUTION
Issue Date
2016-08
Publisher
SPRINGER
Citation
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C, v. 76, NO. 8, Page. 469-496
Abstract
The differential cross section and charge asymmetry for inclusive pp -˃ W-+/- + X -˃ mu(+/-)nu + X production at root s = 8 TeV are measured as a function of muon pseudorapidity. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 18.8 fb(-1) recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC. These results provide important constraints on the parton distribution functions of the proton in the range of the Bjorken scaling variable x from 10(-3) to 10(-1).