Tests of QCD in W and Z Production at Tevatron

TL;DR

This paper reports measurements of W and Z boson production rates, momentum distributions, and W charge asymmetry in proton-antiproton collisions at 1.8 TeV, testing QCD predictions with data from the Fermilab Tevatron.

Contribution

It provides new experimental data on W and Z boson production and charge asymmetry, enhancing the understanding of QCD in high-energy hadron collisions.

Findings

Measured W and Z production cross sections and leptonic branching fractions.

Analyzed transverse momentum distributions of W and Z bosons.

Presented preliminary W charge asymmetry results.

Abstract

We present measurements of the production cross sections times leptonic branching fractions and the transverse momentum distributions of $W$ and $Z$ bosons in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}=1.8$ TeV using data collected with the D{\O}detector at the Fermilab Tevatron $p\bar{p}$ collider. A preliminary measurement of the $W$ charge asymmetry is also presented.