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Measurements of the neutral current cross sections for deep inelastic scattering in e − p collisions at HERA with a longitudinally polarised electron beam are presented. The single-differential cross-sections d σ/dQ 2, d σ/dx and d σ/dy and the double-differential cross sections in Q 2 and x are measured in the kinematic region y<0.9 and Q 2>185 GeV 2 for both positively and negatively polarised electron beams and for each polarisation state separately. The measurements are based on an integrated luminosity of 169.9 pb −1 taken with the ZEUS detector in 2005 and 2006 at a centre-of-mass energy of 318 GeV. The structure functions \(x\tilde{F_{3}}\) and xF γZ3 are determined by combining the e − p results presented in this paper with previously measured e + p neutral current data. The asymmetry parameter A − is used to demonstrate the parity violating effects of electroweak interactions at large spacelike photon virtuality. The measurements agree well with the predictions of the Standard Model.
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The ZEUS Collaboration., Chekanov, S., Derrick, M. et al. Measurement of high-Q 2 neutral current deep inelastic e − p scattering cross sections with a longitudinally polarised electron beam at HERA. Eur. Phys. J. C 62, 625–658 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-1055-6
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