Observation of W [right arrow] [mu][nu] decays in proton-antiproton collisions at [square root]s = 1.8 TeV

The production and subsequent decay to muon and neutrino of the W intermediate vector boson has been observed in pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.8 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. Details of the CDF detector are given and event selection criteria are developed. A cross section times branching ratio, based on a sample of three W --+ J-lV candidate events extracted from 27.2 ± 4.1 nb-1 of data taken in the 1987 collider run, is calculated to be which is consistent with current theoretical predictions.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physics

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Westhusing, Thomas Kevin

Contributors dc:contributor

• Holloway, L.E.

• muon decay
• proton-antiproton collisions
• neutrino decay
• W intermediate vector boson
• pp collisions
• Fermilab Tevatron collider

Statement dc:rights

• 1989 Thomas Kevin Westhusing

Language dc:language

en

Identifier

3502264

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23934