A search for right-handed dW bosons in $$\bar{p}$$p collisions with the D0 detector at Fermilab
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
This thesis reports on a search for right-handed W bosons (WR). Data collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron p$$\bar{p}$$ collider at √s=1.8 TeV were used to search for WR decays into an electron and a massive right-handed neutrino WR± →e±NR. Using the inclusive electron data, mass limits independent of the NR decay were set: mWR > 650 GeV/c2 and mWR > 720 GeV/c2 at the 95% confidence level, valid for mNR < 1/2 mWR and mNR << mWR respectively (assuming Standard Model couplings). The latter also represents a new lower limit on the mass of a heavy left-handed W boson (W') decaying into ev. In addition, limits on mWR valid for larger values of the NR mass were obtained assuming that NR decays to an electron and two jets. 50 refs., 58 figs., 14 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 210923
- Report Number(s):
- LBL--38313; ON: DE96008480
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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