OBSERVATION OF DIFFRACTIVE W-BOSON PRODUCTION AT THE FERMILAB TEVATRON

Authors
ABE F AKIMOTO H AKOPIAN A ALBROW MG AMENDOLIA SR AMIDEI D ANTOS J AOTA S APOLLINARI G ASAKAWA T ASHMANSKAS W ATAC M AZFAR F AZZIBACCHETTA P BACCHETTA N BADGETT W BAGDASAROV S BAILEY MW BAO J DEBARBARO P BARBAROGALTIERI A BARNES VE BARNETT BA BARONE M BARZI E 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 BERRYHILL J BERTOLUCCI S BEVENSEE B BHATTI A BIERY K BINKLEY M BISELLO D BLAIR RE BLOCKER C BODEK A BOKHARI W BOLOGNESI V BOLLA G BORTOLETTO D BOUDREAU J BRECCIA L BROMBERG C BRUNER N BUCKLEYGEER E BUDD HS BURKETT K BUSETTO G BYONWAGNER A BYRUM KL CAMMERATA J CAMPAGNARI C CAMPBELL M CANER A CARITHERS W CARLSMITH D CASTRO A CAUZ D CEN Y CERVELLI F CHANG PS CHANG PT CHAO HY CHAPMAN J CHENG MT CHIARELLI G CHIKAMATSU T CHIOU CN CHRISTOFEK L CIHANGIR S CLARK AG COBAL M COCCA E CONTRERAS M CONWAY J COOPER J CORDELLI M COUYOUMTZELIS C CRANE D CRONINHENNESSY D CULBERTSON R DANIELS T DEJONGH F DELCHAMPS S DELLAGNELLO S DELLORSO M DEMINA R DEMORTIER L DENINNO M DERWENT PF DEVLIN T DITTMANN JR DONATI S DONE J DORIGO T DUNN A EDDY N EINSWEILER K ELIAS JE ELY R ENGELS E ERREDE D ERREDE S FAN Q FEILD G FERRETTI C FIORI I FLAUGHER B FOSTER GW FRANKLIN M FRAUTSCHI M FREEMAN J FRIEDMAN J FRISCH H FUKUI Y FUNAKI S GALEOTTI S GALLINARO M GANEL O GARCIASCIVERES M GARFINKEL AF GAY C GEER S GERDES DW GIANNETTI P GIOKARIS N GIROMINI P GIUSTI G GLADNEY L GLENZINSKI D GOLD M GONZALEZ J GORDON A GOSHAW AT GOTRA Y GOULIANOS K GRASSMANN H GROER L GROSSOPILCHER C GUILLIAN G GUO RS HABER C HAFEN E HAHN SR HAMILTON R HANDLER R HANS RM HAPPACHER F HARA K HARDMAN AD HARRAL B HARRIS RM HAUGER SA HAUSER J HAWK C HAYASHI E HEINRICH J HOFFMAN KD HOHLMANN M HOLCK C HOLLEBEEK R HOLLOWAY L HOLSCHER A HONG S HOUK G HU P HUFFMAN BT HUGHES R HUSTON J HUTH J HYLEN J IKEDA H INCAGLI M INCANDELA J INTROZZI G IWAI J IWATA Y JENSEN H JOSHI U KADEL RW KAJFASZ E KAMBARA H KAMON T KANEKO T KARR K KASHA H KATO Y KEAFFABER TA KEEBLE L KELLEY K KENNEDY RD KEPHART R KESTEN P KESTENBAUM D KEUP RM KEUTELIAN H KEYVAN F KHARADIA B KIM BJ KIM DH KIM HS KIM SB KIM SH KIM YK KIRSCH L KOEHN P KONDO K KONIGSBERG J KOPP S KORDAS K KORYTOV A KOSKA W KOVACS E KOWALD W KRASBERG M KROLL J KRUSE M KUWABARA T KUHLMANN SE KUNS E LAASANEN AT LAMMEL S LAMOUREUX JI LECOMPTE T LEONE S LEWIS JD LIMON P LINDGREN M LISS TM LOCKYER N LONG O LOOMIS C LORETI M LU J LUCCHESI D LUKENS P LUSIN S LYS J MAESHIMA K MAGHAKIAN A MAKSIMOVIC P MANGANO M MANSOUR J MARIOTTI M MARRINER JP MARTIN A MATTHEWS JAJ MATTINGLY R MCINTYRE P MELESE P MANZIONE A MESCHI E METZLER S MIAO C MIAO T MICHAIL G MILLER R MINATO H MISCETTI S MISHINA M MITSUSHIO H MIYAMOTO T MIYASHITA S MOGGI N MORITA Y MUELLER J MUKHERJEE A MULLER T MURAT P NAKADA H NAKANO I NELSON C NEUBERGER D NEWMANHOLMES C NGAN CY NINOMIYA M NODULMAN L OH SH OHL KE OHMOTO T OHSUGI T OISHI R OKABE M OKUSAWA T OLIVEIRA R OLSEN J PAGLIARONE C PAOLETTI R PAPADIMITRIOU V PAPPAS SP PARASHAR N PARK S PARRI A PATRICK J PAULETTA G PAULINI M PERAZZO A PESCARA L PETERS MD PHILLIPS TJ PIACENTINO G PILLAI M PITTS KT PLUNKETT R PONDROM L PROUDFOOT J PTOHOS F PUNZI G RAGAN K REHER D RIBON A RIMONDI F RISTORI L ROBERTSON WJ RODRIGO T ROLLI S ROMANO J ROSENSON L ROSER R SAKUMOTO WK SALTZBERG D SANSONI A SANTI L SATO H SCHLABACH P SCHMIDT EE SCHMIDT MP SCRIBANO A SEGLER S SEIDEL S SEIYA Y SGANOS G SHAPIRO MD SHAW NM SHEN Q SHEPARD PF SHIMOJIMA M SHOCHET M SIEGRIST J SILL A SINERVO P SINGH P SKARHA J SLIWA K SNIDER FD SONG T SPALDING J SPEER T SPHICAS P SPINELLA F SPIROPULU M SPIEGEL L STANCO L STEELE J STEFANINI A STRAHL K STRAIT J STROHMER R STUART D SULLIVAN G SOUMAROKOV A SUMOROK K SUZUKI J TAKADA T TAKAHASHI T TAKANO T TAKIKAWA K TAMURA N TANNENBAUM B TARTARELLI F TAYLOR W TENG PK TERAMOTO Y TETHER S THERIOT D THOMAS TL THUN R TIMKO M TIPTON P TITOV A TKACZYK S TOBACK D TOLLEFSON K TOLLESTRUP A TRISCHUK W DETROCONIZ JF TRUITT S TSENG J TURINI N UCHIDA T UEMURA N UKEGAWA F UNAL G VALLS J VANDENBRINK SC VEJCIK S VELEV G VIDAL R VONDRACEK M VUCINIC D WAGNER RG WAGNER RL WAHL J WALLACE NB WALSH AM WANG C WANG CH WANG J WANG J WANG QF WARBURTON A WATTS T WEBB R WEI C WENDT C WENZEL H WESTER WC WICKLUND AB WICKLUND E WILKINSON R WILLIAMS HH WILSON P WINER BL WINN D WOLINSKI D WOLINSKI J WORM S WU X WYSS J YAGIL A YAO W YASUOKA K YE Y YEH GP YEH P YIN M YOH J YOSEF C YOSHIDA T YOVANOVITCH D YU I YU L YUN JC ZANETTI A ZETTI F ZHANG L ZHANG W ZUCCHELLI S
Citation
F. Abe et al., OBSERVATION OF DIFFRACTIVE W-BOSON PRODUCTION AT THE FERMILAB TEVATRON, Physical review letters, 78(14), 1997, pp. 2698-2703
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
78
Issue
14
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2698 - 2703
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1997)78:14<2698:OODWPA>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
We report the first observation of diffractively produced W bosons. In a sample of W --> e nu events produced in <p(p)over bar> collisions a t root s = 1.8 TeV, we find an excess of events with a forward rapidit y gap, which is attributed to diffraction. The probability that this e xcess is consistent with nondiffractive production is 1.1 x 10(-4) (3. 8 sigma). The relatively low fraction of W + jet events observed withi n this excess implies that mainly quarks from the Pomeron, which media tes diffraction, participate in W production. The diffractive to nondi ffractive W production ratio is found to be R(W) = (1.15 +/- 0.55)%.