Measurements of neutral current cross sections for deep inelastic scattering in e+p collisions at HERA with a longitudinally polarised positron beam are presented. The single-differential cross-sections d(sigma)/dQ2, d(sigma)/dx and d(sigma)/dy and the reduced cross-section were measured in the kinematic region Q2 > 185 GeV2 and y < 0.9, where Q2 is the four-momentum transfer squared, x the Bjorken scaling variable, and y the inelasticity of the interaction. The measurements were performed separately for positively and negatively polarised positron beams. The measurements are based on an integrated luminosity of 135.5 pb-1 collected with the ZEUS detector in 2006 and 2007 at a centre-of-mass energy of 318 GeV. The structure functions F3 and F3(gamma)Z were determined by combining the e+p results presented in this paper with previously published e-p neutral current results. The asymmetry parameter A+ is used to demonstrate the parity violation predicted in electroweak interactions. The measurements are well described by the predictions of the Standard Model.
The single-differential cross section DSIG/DQ**2 (Y<0.9,Y(1-x)**2>0.004), corrected to the electroweak Born level, for zero polarisation, Pe=0.
The single-differential cross section DSIG/DQ**2 (Y<0.9,Y(1-x)**2>0.004), corrected to the electroweak Born level, for positive (Pe=+0.32) and negative (Pe=-0.36) polarisations.
The single-differential cross section DSIG/DX (Y<0.9,Y(1-x)**2>0.004) at Q^2=185 GeV^2, corrected to the electroweak Born level, for zero (Pe=0), positive (Pe=+0.32) and negative (Pe=-0.36) polarisations.
The structure of the nucleon is studied by means of deep-inelastic neutrino-nucleon scattering at high energies through the weak neutral current. The neutrino-nucleon scattering events were observed in a 340-metric-ton fine-grained calorimeter exposed to a narrow-band (dichromatic) neutrino beam at Fermilab. The data sample after analysis cuts consists of 9200 charged-current and 3000 neutral-current neutrino and antineutrino events. The neutral-current valence and sea nucleon structure functions are extracted from the x distribution reconstructed from the measured angle and energy of the recoil-hadron shower and the incident narrow-band neutrino-beam energy. They are compared to those extracted from charged-current events analyzed as neutral-current events. It is shown that the nucleon structure is independent of the type of neutrino interaction, which confirms an important aspect of the standard model. The data are also used to determine the value of sin2θW=0.238±0.013±0.015±0.010 for a single-parameter fit, where the first error is from statistical sources, the second from experimental systematic errors, and the third from estimated theoretical errors.
Neutral-current valence-quark distribution referenced to Q**2 = 10 GeV**2. The first systematic error is for the hadronic shower angle resolution degraded (improved) by 10 pct and the second is the change if the data are analysed with X values reduced by 5 pct.
Neutral-current sea-quark distribution referenced to Q**2 = 10 GeV**2. The first systematic error is for the hadronic shower angle resolution degraded (improved) by 10 pct and the second is the change if the data are analysed with X values reduced by 5 pct.
Charged-current valence-quark distribution referenced to Q**2 = 10 GeV**2. The first systematic error is for the hadronic shower angle resolution degraded (improved) by 10 pct and the second is the change if the data are analysed with X values reduced by 5 pct.
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SIG(Q=L)/SIG(Q=T) ASSUMED TO BE 0.
SIG(Q=L)/SIG(Q=T) ASSUMED TO BE 0.
Analysis of 5180 ν¯ interactions shows a variation with energy of the inelasticity (y) distributions over the range 10 to 220 GeV and a dependence on the scaling variable x. From these data are obtained the approximate x dependence of the sea quarks and a limit on the strength of right-handed coupling between the u quark and a massive b quark.
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