STUDY OF T(T)OVER-BAR PRODUCTION IN P(P)OVER-BAR COLLISIONS USING TOTAL TRANSVERSE ENERGY

被引:24
作者
ABE, F
AKIMOTO, H
AKOPIAN, A
ALBROW, MG
AMENDOLIA, SR
AMIDEI, D
ANTOS, J
ANWAYWIESE, C
AOTA, S
APOLLINARI, G
ASAKAWA, T
ASHMANSKAS, W
ATAC, M
AUCHINCLOSS, P
AZFAR, F
AZZIBACCHETTA, P
BACCHETTA, N
BADGETT, W
BAGDASAROV, S
BAILEY, MW
BAO, J
DEBARBARO, P
BARBAROGALTIERI, A
BARNES, VE
BARNETT, BA
BARTALINI, P
BAUER, G
BAUMANN, T
BEDESCHI, F
BEHRENDS, S
BELFORTE, S
BELLETTINI, G
BELLINGER, J
BENJAMIN, D
BENLLOCH, J
BENSINGER, J
BENTON, D
BERETVAS, A
BERGE, JP
BERTOLUCCI, S
BHATTI, A
BIERY, K
BINKLEY, M
BISELLO, D
BLAIR, RE
BLOCKER, C
BODEK, A
BOKHARI, W
BOLOGNESI, V
BORTOLETTO, D
机构
[1] ARGONNE NATL LAB,ARGONNE,IL 60439
[2] UNIV BOLOGNA,IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-40126 BOLOGNA,ITALY
[3] BRANDEIS UNIV,WALTHAM,MA 02254
[4] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES,LOS ANGELES,CA 90024
[5] UNIV CHICAGO,CHICAGO,IL 60637
[6] DUKE UNIV,DURHAM,NC 27708
[7] FERMILAB NATL ACCELERATOR LAB,BATAVIA,IL 60510
[8] IST NAZL FIS NUCL,LAB NAZL FRASCATI,I-00044 FRASCATI,ITALY
[9] HARVARD UNIV,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02138
[10] HIROSHIMA UNIV,HIGASHIHIROSHIMA 724,JAPAN
[11] UNIV ILLINOIS,URBANA,IL 61801
[12] MCGILL UNIV,INST PARTICLE PHYS,MONTREAL,PQ H3A 2T8,CANADA
[13] UNIV TORONTO,TORONTO,ON M5S 1A7,CANADA
[14] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV,BALTIMORE,MD 21218
[15] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[16] MIT,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
[17] UNIV MICHIGAN,ANN ARBOR,MI 48109
[18] MICHIGAN STATE UNIV,E LANSING,MI 48824
[19] UNIV NEW MEXICO,ALBUQUERQUE,NM 87131
[20] OSAKA CITY UNIV,OSAKA 588,JAPAN
[21] UNIV PADUA,IST NAZL FIS NUCL,SEZ PADOVA,I-35131 PADUA,ITALY
[22] UNIV PENN,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19104
[23] UNIV PITTSBURGH,PITTSBURGH,PA 15260
[24] UNIV PISA,IST NAZL FIS NUCL,I-56100 PISA,ITALY
[25] SCUOLA NORMALE SUPER PISA,I-56100 PISA,ITALY
[26] PURDUE UNIV,W LAFAYETTE,IN 47907
[27] UNIV ROCHESTER,ROCHESTER,NY 14627
[28] ROCKEFELLER UNIV,NEW YORK,NY 10021
[29] RUTGERS STATE UNIV,PISCATAWAY,NJ 08854
[30] ACAD SINICA,TAIPEI 11529,TAIWAN
[31] TEXAS A&M UNIV,COLLEGE STN,TX 77843
[32] TEXAS TECH UNIV,LUBBOCK,TX 79409
[33] UNIV TSUKUBA,TSUKUBA,IBARAKI 305,JAPAN
[34] TUFTS UNIV,MEDFORD,MA 02155
[35] UNIV WISCONSIN,MADISON,WI 53706
[36] YALE UNIV,NEW HAVEN,CT 06511
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.3997
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We analyze a sample of W + jet events collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) in p (p) over bar collisions at root s = 1.8 TeV to study t (t) over bar production. We employ a simple kinematical variable H, defined as the scalar sum of the transverse energies of the lepton, neutrino, and jets. For events with a W boson and four or more jets, the shape of the H distribution deviates by 3.8 standard deviations from that expected from known backgrounds to t (t) over bar production. However, this distribution agrees well with a linear combination of background and t (t) over bar events, the agreement being best for a top mass of 180 GeV/c(2).
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页码:3997 / 4002
页数:6
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