Speaker
Kristin Lohwasser
(University of Oxford)
Description
The asymmetry in the rapidity distribution of positive and negative W Bosons can help to put constraints on the parton distribution functions (PDFs). It is directly related to differences in the momentum distribution of u and d quarks and will be used to improve our knowledge on the valence quark distributions at low x. This talk will present the prospects for the W asymmetry measurement with early data at the ATLAS detector. The analysis is carried out using full detector simulation and all systematical errors on the measurement are considered.
Author
Kristin Lohwasser
(University of Oxford)
