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First Measurement of the Ratio of Central-Electron to Forward-ElectronWPartial Cross Sections inpp¯Collisions ats=1.96 TeV

Journal article published in 2007 by A. Abulencia, J. Adelman, T. Affolder, T. Akimoto, M. G. Albrow, S. Amerio, D. Amidei, A. Anastassov, K. Anikeev, A. Annovi, J. Antos, M. Aoki, G. Apollinari, T. Arisawa, A. Artikov and other authors.
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Abstract

We present a measurement of sigma(p-pbar -> W) x B(W->enu) at sqrt{s}=1.96 TeV, using electrons identified in the forward region (1.2 <|eta|<2.8) of the CDF II detector in 223 pb-1 of data. We measure sigma x B = 2796 +-13(stat)+95-90(syst)+-162(lum)pb. Combining this result with a previous CDF measurement obtained using electrons in the central region (|eta|<1), we present the first measurement of the ratio of central-electron to forward-electron W partial cross sections R_exp=0.925+-0.006(stat)+-0.032(syst), consistent with theoretical predictions using Coordinated Theoretical-Experimental Preoject on QCD (CTEQ) and Martin-Roberts-Stirling-Thorne (MRST) parton distribution functions.