Journal article
Nuclear effects and the NuTeV sin 2 θ W measurement
Nuclear physics. Section B, Proceedings supplement, v 112(1)
2002
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Abstract
NuTeV measures sin
2 θ
W
by comparing neutral and charged current cross-sections on a heavy nuclear target, and finds a value of sin
2 θ
W
(on-shell) = 0.2277 ± 0.0013(stat) ± 0.0009(syst), approximately 3σ from the predicted value. We discuss the possibility that nuclear effects on parton distribution functions or cross-sections may be responsible for the discrepancy.
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- Title
- Nuclear effects and the NuTeV sin 2 θ W measurement
- Creators
- K.S. McFarland - University of RochesterG.P. Zeller - Northwestern UniversityT. Adams - Kansas State UniversityA. Alton - Kansas State UniversityS. Avvakumov - University of RochesterL. de Barbaro - Northwestern UniversityP. de Barbaro - University of RochesterR.H. Bernstein - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryA. Bodek - University of RochesterT. Bolton - Kansas State UniversityJ. Brau - University of OregonD. Buchholz - Northwestern UniversityH. Budd - University of RochesterL. Bugel - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryJ. Conrad - Columbia UniversityR.B. Drucker - University of OregonB.T. Fleming - Columbia UniversityR. Frey - University of OregonJ.A. Formaggio - Columbia UniversityJ. Goldman - Kansas State UniversityM. Goncharov - Kansas State UniversityD.A. Harris - Kansas State UniversityR.A. Johnson - Columbia UniversityJ.H. Kim - Columbia UniversityS. Koutsoliotas - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryM.J. Lamm - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryW. Marsh - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryD. Mason - Kansas State UniversityJ. McDonald - Kansas State UniversityC. McNulty - University of OregonD. Naples - Kansas State UniversityP. Nienaber - University of RochesterV. Radescu - University of RochesterA. Romosan - Columbia UniversityW.K. Sakumoto - University of RochesterH. Schellman - University of RochesterM.H. Shaevitz - Columbia UniversityP. Spentzouris - University of RochesterE.G. Stern - Columbia UniversityN. Suwonjandee - Kansas State UniversityM. Tzanov - Kansas State UniversityM. Vakili - Kansas State UniversityA. Vaitaitis - Columbia UniversityU.K. Yang - University of RochesterJ. Yu - Kansas State UniversityE.D. Zimmerman - Columbia University
- Publication Details
- Nuclear physics. Section B, Proceedings supplement, v 112(1)
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000179662500034
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0036878834
- Other Identifier
- 991021861818304721
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