Measurement of sigma B(W-->e nu ) and sigma B(Z0-->e+e-) in p-barp collisions at sqrt s =1800 GeV. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • An analysis of high-transverse-momentum electrons using data from the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) of pp collisions at s=1800 GeV yields values of the production cross section times branching ratio for W and Z0 bosons of (ppWXeX)=2.190.04(stat)0.21(syst) nb and (ppZ0Xe+e-X)=0.2090.013(stat)0. 017(syst) nb. Detailed descriptions of the CDF electron identification, background, efficiency, and acceptance are included. Theoretical predictions of the cross sections that include a mass for the top quark larger than the W mass, current values of the W and Z0 masses, and higher-order QCD corrections are in good agreement with these measured values. 1991 The American Physical Society.

published proceedings

  • Phys Rev D Part Fields

author list (cited authors)

  • Abe, F., Amidei, D., Apollinari, G., Atac, M., Auchincloss, P., Baden, A. R., ... Freeman, J.

citation count

  • 64

complete list of authors

  • Abe, F||Amidei, D||Apollinari, G||Atac, M||Auchincloss, P||Baden, AR||Bamberger, A||Barbaro-Galtieri, A||Barnes, VE||Bedeschi, F||Behrends, S||Belforte, S||Bellettini, G||Bellinger, J||Bensinger, J||Beretvas, A||Berge, JP||Bertolucci, S||Bhadra, S||Binkley, M||Blair, R||Blocker, C||Booth, AW||Brandenburg, G||Brown, D||Buckley, E||Byon, A||Byrum, KL||Campagnari, C||Campbell, M||Carey, R||Carithers, W||Carlsmith, D||Carroll, JT||Cashmore, R||Cervelli, F||Chadwick, K||Chiarelli, G||Chinowsky, W||Cihangir, S||Clark, AG||Connor, D||Contreras, M||Cooper, J||Cordelli, M||Crane, D||Curatolo, M||Day, C||Dell'Agnello, S||Dell'Orso, M||Demortier, L||Derwent, PF||Devlin, T||DiBitonto, D||Drucker, RB||Einsweiler, K||Elias, JE||Ely, R||Errede, S||Esposito, B||Flaugher, B||Foster, GW||Franklin, M||Freeman, J

publication date

  • July 1991