67 research outputs found
Quasi-model-independent search for new high physics at D0
We apply a quasi-model-independent strategy ("Sleuth") to search for new high p_T physics in approximately 100 pb^-1 of ppbar collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.8 TeV collected by the DZero experiment during 1992-1996 at the Fermilab Tevatron. We systematically analyze many exclusive final states and demonstrate sensitivity to a variety of models predicting new phenomena at the electroweak scale. No evidence of new high p_T physics is observed
Study of the ZZ\gamma and Z\gamma\gamma Couplings in Z(\nu\nu)\gamma Production
We have measured the ZZ-gamma and Z-gamma-gamma couplings by studying p-bar p
-> (missing ET) gamma + X events at sqrt(s)=1.8 TeV with the D0 detector at the
Fermilab Tevatron Collider. This first study of hadronic Z-gamma production in
the neutrino decay channel gives the most stringent limits on anomalous
couplings available. A fit to the transverse energy spectrum of the photon in
the candidate event sample, based on a data set corresponding to an integrated
luminosity of 13.1 pb^(-1), yields 95% CL limits on the anomalous CP-conserving
ZZ-gamma couplings of |h^Z_(30)|<0.9, |h^Z_(40)|<0.21, for a form-factor scale
Lambda = 500 GeV. Combining these results with our previous measurement using Z
-> ee and mu-mu yields the limits:|h^Z_(30)|<0.8, |h^Z_(40)|<0.19 (Lambda = 500
GeV) and |h^Z_(30)|<0.4, |h^Z_(40)|<0.06 (Lambda = 750 GeV).Comment: 10 pages, 2 figures, 2 table
Studies of Gauge Boson Pair Production and Trilinear Couplings
The gauge boson pair production processes Wg, WW, WZ, and Zg were studied
using pbarp collisions corresponding to an integrated luminosity of ~14 pb-1 at
a center-of-mass energy of sqrt(s) = 1.8 TeV. Analysis of Wg prod with
subsequent W boson decay to lv (l=e,mu) is reported, including a fit to the pT
spectrum of the photons which leads to limits on anomalous WWg couplings. A
search for WW prod with subsequent decay to l-lbar-v-vbar (l=e,mu) is presented
leading to an upper limit on the WW prod cross section and limits on anomalous
WWg and WWZ couplings. A search for high pT W bosons in WW and WZ prod is
described, where one W boson decays to an ev and the second W boson or the Z
boson decays to two jets. A maximum likelihood fit to the pT spectrum of W
bosons resulted in limits on anomalous WWg and WWZ couplings. A combined fit to
the three data sets which provided the tightest limits on anomalous WWg and WWZ
couplings is also described. Limits on anomalous ZZg and Zgg couplings are
presented from an analysis of the photon ET spectrum in Zg events in the decay
channels (ee, mu-mu, and v-vbar) of the Z boson.Comment: 77 Pages including 40 Figures. Submitted to PR
Small Angle Muon and Bottom Quark Production in pbarp Collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.8 TeV
This Letter describes a measurement of the muon cross section originating
from b quark decay in the forward rapidity range 2.4 < y(mu) < 3.2 in pbarp
collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.8 TeV. The data used in this analysis were collected
by the D0 experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron. We find that NLO QCD
calculations underestimate b quark production by a factor of four in the
forward rapidity region. A cross section measurement using muon+jet data has
been included in this version of the paper.Comment: 12 pages, 5 figures, submitted to PR
Differential cross section for W boson production as a function of transverse momentum in proton-antiproton collisions at 1.8 TeV
We report a measurement of the differential cross section for W boson
production as a function of its transverse momentum in proton-antiproton
collisions at sqrt{s} = 1.8 TeV. The data were collected by the D0 experiment
at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider during 1994-1995 and correspond to an
integrated luminosity of 85 pb^{-1}. The results are in good agreement with
quantum chromodynamics over the entire range of transverse momentum.Comment: Accepted by Physics Letters
Measurement of the ratio of differential cross sections for W and Z boson production as a function of transverse momentum in pbar p collisions at sqrt(s)=1.8 TeV
We report on a measurement of the ratio of the differential cross sections
for W and Z boson production as a function of transverse momentum in
proton-antiproton collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.8 TeV. This measurement uses data
recorded by the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron in 1994-1995. It
represents the first investigation of a proposal that ratios between W and Z
observables can be calculated reliably using perturbative QCD, even when the
individual observables are not. Using the ratio of differential cross sections
reduces both experimental and theoretical uncertainties, and can therefore
provide smaller overall uncertainties in the measured mass and width of the W
boson than current methods used at hadron colliders.Comment: 10 pages, 2 figures, to be published in Physics Letters
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