Forward muon production in proton-antiproton collisions at radical s = 1. 8 TeV

Thesis/Dissertation · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5999545

Skarha, J E

Results of the analysis of forward-produced (1.95 < {vert bar} {eta} {vert bar} < 2.80) muons from {bar p}p collisions at {radical}s = 1.8 TeV are presented. The data sample was collected during the 1987 run of the CDF detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 0.80 nb{sup {minus}1}. The inclusive forward muon p{sub T} spectrum is measured and compared to backgrounds. Several muon + jet events, consistent with the weak decay of the bottom quark, were found. In addition, from a larger data sample of 24.2 nb{sup {minus}1}, a candidate event for the first observation at {radical}s = 1.8 TeV of the process Z{degree} {yields} {mu}{sup +}{mu}{sup {minus}} was discovered, where Z{degree} is the uncharged mediator of the weak interaction.

• Research Organization: Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5999545
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

645102* -- High Energy Physics-- Particle Interactions &amp; Properties-Experimental-- Weak Interactions &amp; Properties
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ACCELERATORS
BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
BOSONS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CYCLIC ACCELERATORS
DATA ANALYSIS
DECAY
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY RANGE
FERMILAB TEVATRON
FERMIONS
HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
INTERACTIONS
INTERMEDIATE BOSONS
INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS
LEPTONS
LINEAR MOMENTUM
MUONS
NUCLEON-ANTINUCLEON INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE DECAY
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
POSTULATED PARTICLES
PROTON-ANTIPROTON INTERACTIONS
QUARKS
SYNCHROTRONS
TEV RANGE
TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM
WEAK PARTICLE DECAY
Z NEUTRAL BOSONS