Search for W-prime Boson Decaying to Electron-neutrino Pairs in P Anti-p Collisions at S**ư

Search for W-prime Boson Decaying to Electron-neutrino Pairs in P Anti-p Collisions at S**ư
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Release: 2006
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The authors present the results of a search for W′ boson decaying to electron-neutrino pairs in p{bar p} collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV, using a data sample corresponding to 205 pb−1 of integrated luminosity collected by the CDF II detector at Fermilab. They observe no evidence for this decay mode and set limits on the production cross section times branching fraction, assuming the neutrinos from W′ boson decays to be light. If they assume the manifest left-right symmetric model, they exclude a W′ boson with mass less than 788 GeV/c2 at the 95% confidence level.

Search for a New Charged Heavy Vector Boson Decaying to an Electron-neutrino Pair in P Anti-p Collisions at S**(1/2)

Search for a New Charged Heavy Vector Boson Decaying to an Electron-neutrino Pair in P Anti-p Collisions at S**(1/2)
Author: Jieun Kim
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Total Pages: 120
Release: 2005
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We present results on a search for a heavy charged vector boson, W', decaying to an electron-neutrino pair in p{bar p} collisions at {radical}s = 1.96 TeV using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 205 pb{sup -1}. We found no evidence of this decay channel, and set 95% confidence level limits on the production cross section times branching fraction assuming the light neutrino. We also set the limit on the W' boson mass at M{sub W'}> 788 GeV/c{sup 2}, assuming the standard model strength couplings.

Search for W-prime Boson Resonances Decaying to a Top Quark and a Bottom Quark

Search for W-prime Boson Resonances Decaying to a Top Quark and a Bottom Quark
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Release: 2008
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We search for the production of a heavy W(prime) gauge boson that decays to third generation quarks in 0.9 fb−1 of p{bar p} collisions at (square root)s = 1.96 TeV, collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. We find no significant excess in the final-state invariant mass distribution and set upper limits on the production cross section times branching fraction. For a left-handed W(prime) boson with SM couplings, we set a lower mass limit of 731 GeV. For right-handed W(prime) bosons, we set lower mass limits of 739 GeV if the W(prime) boson decays to both leptons and quarks and 768 GeV if the W(prime) boson decays only to quarks. We also set limits on the coupling of the W(prime) boson to fermions as a function of its mass.

Search for the Production of the Standard Model Z Boson in Association with W Boson in P - Anti-p Collisions at 1.96 TeV Center of Mass Energy

Search for the Production of the Standard Model Z Boson in Association with W Boson in P - Anti-p Collisions at 1.96 TeV Center of Mass Energy
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Total Pages: 162
Release: 2010
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The search for the production of the Standard Model Z boson in association with a W boson is motivated and discussed. This is performed using 4.3 fb−1 of Tevatron Run II data collected with the CDF detector in (square root)s = 1.96 TeV proton anti-proton collisions. This is a signature-based analysis where the W boson decays semileptonically into a high-P{sub T} electron or muon plus a neutrino, and where the Z boson decays into two b quark jets (b-jets). We increase the signal-to-background ratio by identifying the b-quarks in the jets with a new neural network-based algorithm. Another neural network then uses kinematic information to distinguish WZ to further increase the signal-to-background ratio. Since our sensitivity is still not enough to achieve an observation, we set a 95% Confidence Level upper limit on the product of the WZ production cross section and its branching fraction to the decay products specified above, and express it as a ratio to the theoretical Standard Model prediction. The resulting limit is 3.9 x SM (3.9 x SM expected).

Search for W Boson Pair Production in P[bar P] Collisions At[radical]

Search for W Boson Pair Production in P[bar P] Collisions At[radical]
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Release: 2001
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The results of a search for W boson pair production in p[bar p] collisions at[radical]s= 1.8 TeV with subsequent decay to dilepton (e[mu], ee, and[mu][mu]) channels are presented. One event is observed with an expected background of 0.56[plus-minus] 0.13 events with an integrated luminosity of approximately 14 pb[sup[minus]1]. Assuming equal strengths for the WWZ and WW[gamma] gauge boson coupling parameters[kappa] and[lambda], limits on the CP-conserving anomalous coupling constants are[minus]2.6

Search for W Boson Pair Production in P{bar P} Collisions at √s

Search for W Boson Pair Production in P{bar P} Collisions at √s
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Total Pages: 9
Release: 1995
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The results of a search for W boson pair production in p{bar p} collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV with subsequent decay to dilepton (e?, ee, and??) channels are presented. One event is observed with an expected background of 0.56 ± 0.13 events with an integrated luminosity of approximately 14 pb−1. Assuming equal strengths for the WWZ and WW? gauge boson coupling parameters? and?, limits on the CP-conserving anomalous coupling constants are -2.6