Evidence for top quark production in [ital [bar p]p] collisions at [radical][ital s] =1. 8 TeV

Journal Article · Thu Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1994 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.50.2966· OSTI ID:6999374

Abe, F; Albrow, M G; Amendolia, S R; Amidei, D; Antos, J; Anway-Wiese, C; Apollinari, G; Areti, H; Auchincloss, P; Austern, M; Azfar, F; Azzi, P; Bacchetta, N; Badgett, W; Bailey, M W; Bao, J; de Barbaro, P; Barbaro-Galtieri, A; Barnes, V E; Barnett, B A ; Bartalini, P; Bauer, G; Baumann, T; Bedeschi, F; Behrends, S; Belforte, S; Bellettini, G; Bellinger, J; Benjamin, D; Benlloch, J; Bensinger, J; Benton, D; Beretvas, A; Berge, J P; Bertolucci, S; Bhatti, A; Biery, K; Binkley, M; Bird, F; Bisello, D; Blair, R E; Blocker, C; Bodek, A; Bolognesi, V; Bortoletto, D; Boswell, C; Boulos, T; Brandenburg, G; Buckley-Geer, E; Budd, H S; Burkett, K; Busetto, G; Byon-Wagner, A; Byrum, K L; Campagnari, C; Campbell, M; Caner, A; Carithers, W; Carlsmith, D; Castro, A; Cen, Y; Cervelli, F; Chapman, J; Cheng, M; Chiarelli, G; Chikamatsu, T; Cihangir, S; Clark, A G; Cobal, M; Contreras, M; Conway, J; Cooper, J; Cordelli, M; Coupal,

We present the results of a search for the top quark in 19.3 pb[sup [minus]1] of [ital [bar p]p] collisions at [radical][ital s] =1.8 TeV. The data were collected at the Fermilab Tevatron collider using the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). The search includes standard model [ital t[bar t]] decays to final states [ital ee][nu][bar [nu]], [ital e][mu][nu][bar [nu]], and [mu][mu][nu][bar [nu]] as well as [ital e]+[nu]+jets or [mu]+[nu]+jets. In the ([ital e],[mu])+[nu]+jets channel we search for [ital b] quarks from [ital t] decays via secondary vertex identification and via semileptonic decays of the [ital b] and cascade [ital c] quarks. In the dilepton final states we find two events with a background of 0.56[sub [minus]0.13][sup +0.25] events. In the [ital e],[mu]+[nu]+jets channel with a [ital b] identified via a secondary vertex, we find six events with a background of 2.3[plus minus]0.3. With a [ital b] identified via a semileptonic decay, we find seven events with a background of 3.1[plus minus]0.3. The secondary vertex and semileptonic-decay samples have three events in common. The probability that the observed yield is consistent with the background is estimated to be 0.26%. The statistics are too limited to firmly establish the existence of the top quark; however, a natural interpretation of the excess is that it is due to [ital t[bar t]] production. We present several cross-checks. Some support this hypothesis; others do not. Under the assumption that the excess yield over background is due to [ital t[bar t]], constrained fitting on a subset of the events yields a mass of 174[plus minus]10[sub [minus]12][sup +13] GeV/[ital c][sup 2] for the top quark. The [ital t[bar t]] cross section, using this top quark mass to compute the acceptance, is measured to be 13.9[sub [minus]4.8][sup +6.1] pb.

• OSTI ID: 6999374
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States) Vol. 50:5; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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