Single [ital W]- and [ital Z]-boson production as a probe for rapidity gaps at the Superconducting Super Collider

Journal Article · Sat May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.47.3898· OSTI ID:6612662

Chehime, H; Zeppenfeld, D ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (United States)

The cross sections for the production of single [ital W]'s and [ital Z]'s via electroweak boson fusion are calculated for [ital pp] collisions at the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC). We present general event characteristics of the [ital qq][r arrow][ital qqW] and [ital qq][r arrow][ital qqZ] signals and the dominant ba ckgrounds for leptonic decays of the [ital W] or [ital Z]. Special emphasis is given to the study of rapidity gap signatures, i.e., the existence of virtually hadron-free regions between the quark jets in the signal events. By measuring the rate at which rapidity gaps appear in [ital W],[ital Z] production, the gap survival probability for electroweak signals can be determined. Thus, the feasibility of a rapidity gap trigger for the Higgs-boson search or for weak-boson scattering events can be verified directly at the SSC.

• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76ER00881
• OSTI ID: 6612662
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States) Vol. 47:9; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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