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Hadronic decays of W bosons
by Wilkinson, Richard Paul, III, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1997, 146 pages; AAT 9800939

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We present evidence for hadronic W decays in $t\bar t\ \to$ lepton + neutrino + $\ge$ 4 jet events using a 109 pb$\sp{-1}$ data sample of $p\bar p$ collisions at $\sqrt s$ = 1.8 TeV collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). A peak in the dijet invariant mass distribution is obtained in events where two b jets are identified. This peak is consistent with W decay but inconsistent with the predicted background shape by 2.9$\sigma$. We measure the W mass to be 78.3 $\pm$ 5.1 (stat) $\pm$ 3.0 (syst) GeV/$c\sp2$. This result demonstrates the presence of a second W in these $t\bar t$ candidates. We show ways in which this result can be used to study $t\bar t$ events and detector calibration, for present and future datasets.

We also search for hadronic decay modes from direct W and Z production, but find no stable signal, due to trigger inefficiency.

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Advisor:Hollebeek, Robert
School:University of Pennsylvania
School Location:United States -- Pennsylvania
Keyword(s):top quark
Source:DAI-B 58/07, p. 3716, Jan 1998
Source type:Dissertation
Subjects:Particle physics
Publication Number: AAT 9800939
ISBN:9780591501971
Document URL:http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?did=736585061&Fmt=7&clientId =79356&RQT=309&VName=PQD
ProQuest document ID:736585061


 

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