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Measurements of the cross sections for charged current deep inelastic scattering in e + p collisions with a longitudinally polarised positron beam are presented. The measurements are based on a data sample with an integrated luminosity of 132 pb−1 collected with the ZEUS detector at HERA at a centre-of-mass energy of 318 GeV. The total cross section is presented at positive and negative values of the longitudinal polarisation of the positron beams. The single-differential cross-sections dσ/dQ 2, dσ/dx and dσ/dy are presented for Q 2>200 GeV2. The reduced cross-section \(\tilde{\sigma}\) is presented in the kinematic range 200<Q 2<60 000 GeV2 and 0.006<x<0.562. The measurements agree well with the predictions of the Standard Model. The results are used to determine a lower limit on the mass of a hypothetical right-handed W boson.
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The ZEUS collaboration., Abramowicz, H., Abt, I. et al. Measurement of high-Q 2 charged current deep inelastic scattering cross sections with a longitudinally polarised positron beam at HERA. Eur. Phys. J. C 70, 945–963 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-010-1498-9
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