@article{10902/2442, year = {2011}, month = {12}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10902/2442}, abstract = {A multivariate likelihood method to measure electroweak couplings with the Drell–Yan process at the LHC is presented. The process is described by the dilepton rapidity, invariant mass, and decay angle distributions. The decay angle ambiguity due to the unknown assignment of the scattered constituent quark and antiquark to the two protons in a collision is resolved statistically using correlations between the observables. The method is applied to a sample of dimuon events from proton-proton collisions at √s=7  TeV collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.1  fb-1. From the dominant uu̅ , dd̅ →γ*/Z→μ-μ+ process, the effective weak mixing angle parameter is measured to be sin⁡2θeff=0.2287±0.0020 (stat.)±0.0025 (syst.). This result is consistent with measurements from other processes, as expected within the standard model.}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, publisher = {Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology, vol. 84, iss. 11, art. num. 112002 (2011)}, title = {Measurement of the weak mixing angle with the Drell-Yan process in proton-proton collisions at the LHC}, author = {Chatrchyan, Serguei and Brochero Cifuentes, Javier Andrés and Cabrillo Bartolomé, José Iban and Calderón Tazón, Alicia and Chuang, Shan Huei and Duarte Campderros, Jorge and Felcini, Marta and Fernández García, Marcos and Gómez Gramuglio, Gervasio and González Sánchez, Francisco Javier and Jordá Lope, Clara and Lobelle Pardo, Patricia and López Virto, María Amparo and Marco de Lucas, Jesús and Marco de Lucas, Rafael José and Martínez Rivero, Celso and Matorras Weinig, Francisco and Muñoz Sánchez, Francisca Javiela and Piedra Gómez, Jonatan and Rodrigo Anoro, Teresa and Rodríguez Marrero, Ana Yaiza and Ruiz Jimeno, Alberto and Scodellaro, Luca and Sobrón Sañudo, Mar and Vila Álvarez, Iván and Vilar Cortabitarte, Rocío}, }