Electroweak physics at LHCb

TL;DR

This paper reports measurements of W and Z boson production at LHCb, testing the Standard Model and constraining proton structure using leptonic decay channels with up to 1 fb^{-1} of data.

Contribution

It presents new measurements of electroweak boson production cross-sections at LHCb, providing data to test the Standard Model and refine parton distribution functions.

Findings

Measured W and Z production cross-sections in various leptonic channels.

Provided constraints on the proton's partonic content.

Validated Standard Model predictions at LHC energies.

Abstract

Measurements of electroweak boson production provide an important test of the Standard Model at the LHC energies and allow the partonic content of the proton to be constrained. $W$ and $Z$ bosons are reconstructed in several leptonic final states using data samples corresponding to an integrated luminosity of up to about 1 $fb^{-1}$. Inclusive and associated production cross-sections are reported.