Search for Doubly Charged Higgs Boson Pair Production in the Decay to μ+μ+μ-μin pp̄ Collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV
Physical Review Letters 93:14 (2004)
Abstract:
The pair production of doubly charged Higgs bosons in the decay to μ+ μ+ μ- μ- in pp̄ Collisions was investigated. It was observed that the total signal efficiency for the event selection was (47.5±2.5)% and does not depend on the mass of the doubly charged Higgs boson in the studied mass range. Data and the Monte Carlo simulation, for both the normalization and shapes of the dimuon mass and δφ distributions were found to be in agreement. A lower limit of 118.4 GeV/c2 for a left-handed and 98.2 GeV/c2 for a right-handed doubly charged Higgs boson, was obtained, by taking into account systematic uncertainties.Measurement of the Cross Section of W-boson pair production at LEP
ArXiv hep-ex/0409016 (2004)
Measurement of the polar-angle distribution of leptons from W boson decay as a function of the W transverse momentum in pp̄ collisions at √s=1.8 TeV
Physical Review D Particles Fields Gravitation and Cosmology 70:3 (2004) 1-32004
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We present a measurement of the polar-angle distribution of leptons from W boson decay, as a function of the W transverse momentum. The measurement uses an 80±4 pb-1 sample of pp̄ collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV collected by the CDF detector and includes data from both the W→e+ν and W→μ+ν decay channels. We fit the W boson transverse mass distribution to a set of templates from a Monte Carlo event generator and detector simulation in several ranges of the W transverse momentum. The measurement agrees with the standard model expectation, whereby the ratio of longitudinally to transversely polarized W bosons, in the Collins-Soper W rest frame, increases with the W transverse momentum at a rate of approximately 15% per 10 GeV/c.Observation of the narrow state X(3872) → J/ψπ+π- in p̄p collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV
Physical Review Letters 93:7 (2004)
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The observation of a state consistent with X(3872) decaying into J/ψπ+π- was reported. The X(3872) mass was measured to be 3871.3±0.7(stat)±0.4(syst)MeV/c2 from a sample of 730±90 candidates. The observed width was consistent with the detector resolution. The results were found to be converging well with the measurements by the Belle Collaboration using b± decays.Performance of Hamamatsu 64-anode photomultipliers for use with wavelength--shifting optical fibres
ArXiv physics/0408055 (2004)