Measurement of the W and Z boson production cross sections in p$$\bar{p}$$ collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV with the D0 detector
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
This thesis reports on the measurement of the W and Z boson inclusive production cross sections (σW and σZ) times electronic branching ratios (Br(W → ev) and Br(Z → ee)) in p$$\bar{p}$$ collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV. The analysis is based on 12.8 pb-1 of data taken in the 1992--1993 run by the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider; the cross sections were measured to be: σW ∙ Br(W → ev) = 2.36 ± 0.02 ± 0.07 ± 0.13 nb and σZ ∙ Br(Z → ee) = 0.218 ± 0.008 ± 0.008 ± 0.012 nb. The first error is statistical, the second error represents the non-luminosity systematic error, and the third error shows the uncertainty in the luminosity determination. Future prospects for similar measurements based on larger samples of data are discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 658380
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-40763; ON: DE98052836; TRN: 98:011138
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: TH: Thesis (Ph.D.); PBD: Jan 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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