Results from a new combined test of an electromagnetic liquid argon calorimeter with a hadronic scintillating-tile calorimeter
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 449:3 (2000) 461-477
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A new combined test of an electromagnetic liquid argon accordion calorimeter and a hadronic scintillating-tile calorimeter was carried out at the CERN SPS. These devices are prototypes of the barrel calorimeter of the future ATLAS experiment at the LHC. The energy resolution of pions in the energy range from 10 to 300 GeV at an incident angle θ of about 12° is well described by the expression σ/E = ((41.9 ± 1.6)%/√E + (1.8 ± 0.1)%)⊕(1.8 ± 0.1)/E, where E is in GeV. The response to electrons and muons was evaluated. Shower profiles, shower leakage and the angular resolution of hadronic showers were also studied. Results are compared with those from the previous beam test.Spin correlation in tt̄ production from pp̄ collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV
Physical Review Letters 85:2 (2000) 256-261
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An analytical study was carried out to account for spin correlation effects in the production of tt̄ pairs in pp̄ collisions at √s=1.8 TeV. It was found that κ > -0.25 at the 68% confidence level.Measurement of the W-->taunu production cross section in pp collisions at square root s=1.8 TeV.
Phys Rev Lett 84:25 (2000) 5710-5715
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We report on a measurement of sigma(pp-->W+X)B(W-->taunu) in pp collisions at sqrt[s]=1.8 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron. The measurement is based on an integrated luminosity (lum) of 18 pb-1 of data collected with the D0 detector during 1994-1995. We find that sigma(pp-->W+X)B(W-->taunu)=2.22+/-0.09 (stat)+/-0. 10 (syst)+/-0.10 (lum) nb. Lepton universality predicts that the ratio of the tau and electron electroweak charged current couplings to the W boson, gWtau/gWe, be unity. We find gWtau/gWe=0.980+/-0.031, in agreement with lepton universality.Probing Balitsky-Fadin-Kuraev-Lipatov dynamics in the dijet cross section at large rapidity intervals in pp collisions at sqrt[s]=1800 and 630 GeV.
Phys Rev Lett 84:25 (2000) 5722-5727
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Inclusive dijet production at large pseudorapidity intervals (Deltaeta) between the two jets has been suggested as a regime for observing Balitsky-Fadin-Kuraev-Lipatov (BFKL) dynamics. We have measured the dijet cross section for large Deltaeta in pp collisions at sqrt[s]=1800 and 630 GeV using the D0 detector. The partonic cross section increases strongly with the size of Deltaeta. The observed growth is even stronger than expected on the basis of BFKL resummation in the leading logarithmic approximation. The growth of the partonic cross section can be accommodated with an effective BFKL intercept of alphaBFKL(20 GeV)=1.65+/-0.07.Small-angle muon and bottom-quark production in pp̄ collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV
Physical Review Letters 84:24 (2000) 5478-5483