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Title: Rapidity gaps and hard diffraction at the Tevatron

Conference ·
OSTI ID:540011
 [1]
  1. New York Univ., NY (United States)

Preliminary results on jet production with rapidity gaps in p{anti p} collisions are presented for both D0 and CDF. An excess of events with a forward rapidity gap is observed at both {radical}s=1800 GeV and 630 GeV, consistent with a hard single diffractive process. The first evidence for diffractive W production is presented. A class of events with two forward gaps and central dijets is observed at {radical}s=1800 GeV, a topology that is consistent with hard double pomeron exchange. Kinematic properties of events containing rapidity gaps are measured.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03000
OSTI ID:
540011
Report Number(s):
FNAL/C-97/180-E; CONF-9703116-; ON: DE97053504
Resource Relation:
Conference: 11. Les Rencontres de Physique de la Vallee D`Aoste: results and perspectives in particle physics, LaThuile (Italy), 2-8 Mar 1997; Other Information: PBD: Jun 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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