Published: 2010
Total Pages: 266
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This dissertation describes a measurement of the forward-backward asymmetry(A{sub FB}) in p{bar p} → Z/[gamma]* → ee events using 5.0 fb−1 data collected by the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron. The AFB is measured as a function of the invariant mass of the electron-positron pair. Along with obtaining normalized differential cross section 1/[sigma] x d[sigma]/dM and Z to light quark couplings, we measured the Standard Model(SM) fundamental parameter, the effective weak mixing angle sin2 [theta]{sub eff}{sup lept}, with an unprecedented precise in light quark sector, namely the single D0 measurement has surpassed the LEP combination of four experiment results of inclusive hadronic charge asymmetry.