Dr Elizabeth Gallas

Abstract:

The results of a search for W boson pair production in pp collisions at √s= 1.8 TeV with subsequent decay to eμ, ee, and μμ channels are presented. Five candidate events are observed with an expected background of 3.1 ±0.4 events for an integrated luminosity of approximately 97 pb-1. Limits on the anomalous couplings are obtained from a maximum likelihood fit of the ET spectra of the leptons in the candidate events. Assuming identical WWγ and WWZ couplings, the 95% C.L. limits are -0.62<Δκ<0.77 (X. = 0) and -0.53<λ <0.56 (Δκ=0) for a form factor scale Λ= 1.5 TeV. © 1998 The American Physical Society.

Abstract:

We have measured the dijet angular distribution in s = 1.8 TeV pp collisions using the D0 detector. Order αs3 QCD predictions are in good agreement with the data. At 95% confidence limit the data exclude models of quark compositeness in which the contact interaction scale is below 2 TeV. © 1998 The American Physical Society.

Abstract:

We present a measurement of the W boson mass using data collected by the D0 experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron during 1994–1995. We identify W bosons by their decays to [Formula Presented] final states. We extract the W mass [Formula Presented] by fitting the transverse mass and transverse electron momentum spectra from a sample of 28 323 [Formula Presented] decay candidates. We use a sample of 3563 dielectron events, mostly due to [Formula Presented] decays, to constrain our model of the detector response. From the transverse mass fit we measure [Formula Presented] GeV. Combining this with our previously published result from data taken in 1992–1993, we obtain [Formula Presented]. © 1998 The American Physical Society.

Abstract:

The shape of the transverse momentum distribution of W bosons (pWT) produced in pp¯ collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV is measured with the D0 detector at Fermilab. The result is compared with QCD perturbative and resummation calculations over the pWT range from 0 to 200 GeV/c. The shape of the distribution is consistent with the theoretical prediction. © 1998 The American Physical Society.

Abstract:

The D0 Collaboration has performed a measurement of the top quark mass mt based on six candidate events for the process tt- → bW+bW-, where the W bosons decay to eν or μν. This sample was collected during an exposure of the D0 detector to an integrated luminosity of 125pb-1 of √ s = 1.8 TeV pp collisions. We obtain mt = 168.4 ± 12.3(stat) ± 3.6(syst) GeV/c2, consistent with the measurement obtained using single-lepton events. Combination of the single-lepton and dilepton results yields mt = 172.0 ± 7.5 GeV/c2. © 1998 The American Physical Society.