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Title: Measurement of the strange quark distribution function in W + charm quark events

Abstract

We investigate the prospects of measuring the strange quark distribution function at the Tevatron, using W plus charm quark events. The W plus charm quark events. The W plus charm quark signal produced by strange quark - gluon fusion, sg {yields} W {sup {minus}}c and {bar s}g {yields} W {sup +} W+ charm quark cross section to the parametrization of the strange quark distribution function, and evaluate the various background processes. The different prospects of tagging the charm quark with the CDF and D{theta} detectors are briefly discussed.

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;  [1]; ;  [2];  [3]
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  1. Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). Dept. of Physics
  2. Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI (United States). Dept. of Physics
  3. Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa (Italy)|[Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Pisa (Italy). Dipt. di Fisica
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Research Org.:
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). Dept. of Physics; Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI (United States). Dept. of Physics
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Texas National Research Lab. Commission, De Soto, TX (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10179676
Report Number(s):
FSU-HEP-930608
ON: DE93018267; CNN: Grant RGFY9273; TRN: 93:019908
DOE Contract Number:
FG05-87ER40319; AC02-76ER00881
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 24 Jun 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; QUARKS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; STRANGENESS; QUARK-GLUON INTERACTIONS; TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM; W PLUS BOSONS; INELASTIC SCATTERING; FERMILAB COLLIDER DETECTOR; CROSS SECTIONS; CHARM PARTICLES; 662440; PROPERTIES OF OTHER PARTICLES INCLUDING HYPOTHETICAL PARTICLES

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Baur, U., Keller, S., Halzen, F., Riesselmann, K., and Mangano, M.L. Measurement of the strange quark distribution function in W + charm quark events. United States: N. p., 1993. Web. doi:10.2172/10179676.
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Baur, U., Keller, S., Halzen, F., Riesselmann, K., & Mangano, M.L. Measurement of the strange quark distribution function in W + charm quark events. United States. doi:10.2172/10179676.
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Baur, U., Keller, S., Halzen, F., Riesselmann, K., and Mangano, M.L. Thu . "Measurement of the strange quark distribution function in W + charm quark events". United States. doi:10.2172/10179676. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10179676.
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@article{osti_10179676,
title = {Measurement of the strange quark distribution function in W + charm quark events},
author = {Baur, U. and Keller, S. and Halzen, F. and Riesselmann, K. and Mangano, M.L.},
abstractNote = {We investigate the prospects of measuring the strange quark distribution function at the Tevatron, using W plus charm quark events. The W plus charm quark events. The W plus charm quark signal produced by strange quark - gluon fusion, sg {yields} W {sup {minus}}c and {bar s}g {yields} W {sup +} W+ charm quark cross section to the parametrization of the strange quark distribution function, and evaluate the various background processes. The different prospects of tagging the charm quark with the CDF and D{theta} detectors are briefly discussed.},
doi = {10.2172/10179676},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jun 24 00:00:00 EDT 1993},
month = {Thu Jun 24 00:00:00 EDT 1993}
}
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