Observation of single-diffractive W production with CMS: a feasibility study

TL;DR

This paper assesses the potential to observe single-diffractive W boson production in proton-proton collisions at 14 TeV using CMS, focusing on the feasibility with 100 pb$^{-1}$ luminosity.

Contribution

It provides a feasibility study for detecting single-diffractive W production at the LHC with CMS, highlighting experimental challenges and prospects.

Findings

Feasibility of observing single-diffractive W production at 14 TeV.

Analysis of detection strategies with 100 pb$^{-1}$ luminosity.

Potential for new insights into diffraction phenomena.

Abstract

We present a study of single-diffractive $W$-boson production in $pp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=14$ TeV, $pp \to Xp$ with $X$ including a $W$ boson, with the CMS detector. We discuss the feasibility of observing this process with an integrated effective luminosity for single interactions of 100 pb$^{-1}$.