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Main Author: D0 Collaboration
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.09331
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contents We measure proton structure parameters sensitive primarily to valence quarks using 8.6 fb$^{-1}$ of data collected by the D0 detector in $\sqrt{s}=1.96$ TeV $p\bar{p}$ collisions at the Fermilab Tevatron. We exploit the property of the forward-backward asymmetry in dilepton events to be factorized in to distinct structure parameters and electroweak quark-level asymmetries. Contributions to the asymmetry from $s$, $c$ and $b$ quarks, as well as from $u$ and $d$ quarks, are suppressed allowing valence $u$ and $d$ quarks to be separately determined. We find and $u$ to $d$ quark ratio near the peak values in the quark density distributions that is smaller than predictions from modern parton distribution functions.
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spellingShingle Up and Down Quark Structure of the Proton
D0 Collaboration
High Energy Physics - Experiment
We measure proton structure parameters sensitive primarily to valence quarks using 8.6 fb$^{-1}$ of data collected by the D0 detector in $\sqrt{s}=1.96$ TeV $p\bar{p}$ collisions at the Fermilab Tevatron. We exploit the property of the forward-backward asymmetry in dilepton events to be factorized in to distinct structure parameters and electroweak quark-level asymmetries. Contributions to the asymmetry from $s$, $c$ and $b$ quarks, as well as from $u$ and $d$ quarks, are suppressed allowing valence $u$ and $d$ quarks to be separately determined. We find and $u$ to $d$ quark ratio near the peak values in the quark density distributions that is smaller than predictions from modern parton distribution functions.
title Up and Down Quark Structure of the Proton
topic High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.09331