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 Title: Observation of W [right arrow] [mu][nu] decays in proton-antiproton collisions at [square root]s = 1.8 TeV Author(s): Westhusing, Thomas Kevin Doctoral Committee Chair(s): Holloway, L.E. Department / Program: Physics Discipline: Physics Degree: Ph.D. Genre: Dissertation Subject(s): muon decay proton-antiproton collisions neutrino decay W intermediate vector boson pp collisions Fermilab Tevatron collider Abstract: The production and subsequent decay to muon and neutrino of the W intermediate vector boson has been observed in pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.8 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. Details of the CDF detector are given and event selection criteria are developed. A cross section times branching ratio, based on a sample of three W --+ J-lV candidate events extracted from 27.2 ± 4.1 nb-1 of data taken in the 1987 collider run, is calculated to be which is consistent with current theoretical predictions. Issue Date: 1989 Genre: Dissertation / Thesis Type: Text Language: English URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/23934 Rights Information: 1989 Thomas Kevin Westhusing Date Available in IDEALS: 2011-05-18 Identifier in Online Catalog: 3502264
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