Extraction of the width of the W boson from measurements of σ(pp̄→W+X)×B(W→eν) and σ(pp̄→Z+X)×B(Z→ee) and their ratio
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 61:7 (2000) 1-22
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We report on measurements on inclusive cross sections times branching fractions into electrons for W and Z bosons produced in pp̄ collisions at s=1.8 TeV. From an integrated luminosity of 84.5 pb-1 recorded in 1994-1995 using the DØ detector at the Fermilab Tevatron, we determine σ(pp̄→W+X)×B(W→eν) = 2310±10(stat)±50(syst)±100(lum)pb and σ(pp̄→Z+X)×B(Z→ee)=221±3(stat)±4(syst) ±10(lum) pb. From these, we derive σ(pp̄→W+X)×B(W→eν)/σ(pp̄→Z+X) ×B(Z→ee)=10.43±0.15(stat) ±0.20(syst)±0.10(NLO), B(W→eν)=0.1044±0.0015(stat)±0.0020(syst)±0. 0017(theory)±0.0010(NLO), and Γ W=2.169±0.031(stat)±0.042(syst)±0.041(theory) ±0.022(NLO)GeV. We use the latter to set a 95% confidence level upper limit on the partial decay width of the W boson into nonstandard model final states, ΓWinv, of 0.213 GeV. Combining these results with those from the 1992-1993 data gives σ(pp̄→W+X) ×B(W→eν)/σ(pp̄→Z+X)×B(Z→ee)=10. 51±0.25,ΓW=2.152±0.066 GeV, and a 95% C.L. upper limit on ΓWinv of 0.191 GeV. Using a sample with a luminosity of 505 nb-1 taken at s=630 GeV, we measure σ(pp̄→W+X)×B(W→eν)=658±67 pb. ©2000 The American Physical Society.Differential production cross section of Z bosons as a function of transverse momentum at √s = 1.8 TeV
Physical Review Letters 84:13 (2000)
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We present a measurement of the transverse momentum distribution of Z bosons produced in pp collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV from data collected by the D experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. We find good agreement between our results and current resummation calculations, and also use our data to extract nonperturbative parameters for a particular version of the resummation formalism. The resulting values are significantly more precise than obtained in previous determinations. © 2000 The American Physical Society.Isolated photon cross section in p p̄ collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV
Physical Review Letters 84:13 (2000)
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We report a new measurement of the cross section for the production of isolated photons with transverse energies (E Tγ) above 10 GeV and pseudorapidities |η| < 2.5 in p̄ collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV. The results are based on a data sample of 107.6 pb -1 recorded during 1992-1995 with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. The background, predominantly from jets which fragment to neutral mesons, was estimated using the longitudinal shower shape of photon candidates in the calorimeter. The measured cross section is in good agreement with the next-to-leading order QCD calculation for E Tγ ≳ 36 GeV. © 2000 The American Physical Society.Measurement of the inclusive differential cross section for Z bosons as a function of transverse momentum in p̄p collisions at √s=1.8 TeV
Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 61:3 (2000) 1-19
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We present a measurement of the differential cross section as a function of transverse momentum of the Z boson in pp̄ collisions at √s=1.8 TeV using data collected by the DØ experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider during 1994-1996. We find good agreement between our data and the next-to-next-to-next-leading-logarithmic resummation prediction and extract values of the non-perturbative parameters for the resummed prediction from a fit to the differential cross section. ©2000 The American Physical Society.Cross section for b-jet production in supp¯p collisions at √s=1.8 TeV
Physical Review Letters 85:24 (2000) 5068-5073