Professor Daniela Bortoletto: Publications

Measurement of the W boson mass

Physical Review Letters 75:1 (1995) 11-16

Authors:

F Abe, MG Albrow, SR Amendolia, D Amidei, J Antos, C Anway-Wiese, G Apollinari, H Areti, M Atac, P Auchincloss, F Azfar, P Azzi, N Bacchetta, W Badgett, MW Bailey, J Bao, P De Barbaro, A Barbaro-Galtieri, VE Barnes, BA Barnett, P Bartalini, G Bauer, T Baumann, F Bedeschi, S Behrends, S Belforte, G Bellettini, J Bellinger, D Benjamin, J Benlloch, J Bensinger, D Benton, A Beretvas, JP Berge, S Bertolucci, A Bhatti, K Biery, M Binkley, F Bird, D Bisello, RE Blair, C Blocker, A Bodek, W Bokhari, V Bolognesi, D Bortoletto, C Boswell, T Boulos, G Brandenburg, C Bromberg, E Buckley-Geer, HS Budd, K Burkett, G Busetto, A Byon-Wagner, KL Byrum, J Cammerata, C Campagnari, M Campbell, A Caner, W Carithers, D Carlsmith, A Castro, Y Cen, F Cervelli, HY Chao, J Chapman, MT Cheng, G Chiarelli, T Chikamatsu, CN Chiou, L Christofek, S Cihangir, AG Clark, M Cobal, M Contreras, J Conway, J Cooper, M Cordelli, C Couyoumtzelis, D Crane, JD Cunningham, T Daniels, F DeJongh, S Delchamps, S Dell'Agnello, M Dell'Orso, L Demortier, B Denby, M Deninno, PF Derwent, T Devlin, M Dickson, JR Dittmann, S Donati, RB Drucker, A Dunn, K Einsweiler, JE Elias, R Ely

Abstract:

We present a measurement of the mass of the W boson using data collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab during the 1992-93 collider run at the Fermilab Tevatron. A fit to the transverse mass spectrum of a sample of 3268 W→μν events recorded in an integrated luminosity of 19.7 pb-1 gives a mass MWμ=80.310±0.205(stat)±0.130(syst) GeV/c2. A fit to 5718 W→eν events recorded in 18.2 pb-1 gives MWe=80.490±0.145(stat) ±0.175syst GeV/c2. Combining these results, accounting for correlated uncertainties, yields MW=80.410±0.180 GeV/c2. © 1995 The American Physical Society.

Observation of top quark production in p̄p collisions with the collider detector at fermilab

Physical Review Letters 74:14 (1995) 2626-2631

Authors:

F Abe, H Akimoto, A Akopian, MG Albrow, SR Amendolia, D Amidei, J Antos, C Anway-Wiese, S Aota, G Apollinari, T Asakawa, W Ashmanskas, M Atac, P Auchincloss, F Azfar, P Azzi-Bacchetta, N Bacchetta, W Badgett, S Bagdasarov, MW Bailey, J Bao, P De Barbaro, A Barbaro-Galtieri, VE Barnes, BA Barnett, P Bartalini, G Bauer, T Baumann, F Bedeschi, S Behrends, S Belforte, G Bellettini, J Bellinger, D Benjamin, J Benlloch, J Bensinger, D Benton, A Beretvas, JP Berge, S Bertolucci, A Bhatti, K Biery, M Binkley, D Bisello, RE Blair, C Blocker, A Bodek, W Bokhari, V Bolognesi, D Bortoletto, J Boudreau, G Brandenburg, L Breccia, C Bromberg, E Buckley-Geer, HS Budd, K Burkett, G Busetto, A Byon-Wagner, KL Byrum, J Cammerata, C Campagnari, M Campbell, A Caner, W Carithers, D Carlsmith, A Castro, G Cauz, Y Cen, F Cervelli, HY Chao, J Chapman, MT Cheng, G Chiarelli, T Chikamatsu, CN Chiou, L Christofek, S Cihangir, AG Clark, M Cobal, M Contreras, J Conway, J Cooper, M Cordelli, C Couyoumtzelis, D Crane, D Cronin-Hennessy, R Culbertson, JD Cunningham, T Daniels, F Dejongh, S Delchamps, S Dell'Agnello, M Dell'Orso, L Demortier, B Denby, M Deninno, PF Derwent, T Devlin, M Dickson

Abstract:

We establish the existence of the top quark using a 67 pb-1 data sample of p̄p collisions at s=1.8 TeV collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). Employing techniques similar to those we previously published, we observe a signal consistent with tt̄ decay to WWbb̄, but inconsistent with the background prediction by 4.8σ. Additional evidence for the top quark is provided by a peak in the reconstructed mass distribution. We measure the top quark mass to be 176±8(stat)±10(syst) GeV/c2, and the tt̄ production cross section to be 6.8-2.4+3.6 pb. © 1995 The American Physical Society.

Properties of high-mass multijet events at the fermilab proton-antiproton collider

Physical Review Letters 75:4 (1995) 608-612

Authors:

F Abe, MG Albrow, SR Amendolia, D Amidei, J Antos, C Anway-Wiese, G Apollinari, H Areti, M Atac, P Auchincloss, F Azfar, P Azzi, N Bacchetta, W Badgett, MW Bailey, J Bao, P De Barbaro, A Barbaro-Galtieri, VE Barnes, BA Barnett, P Bartalini, G Bauer, T Baumann, F Bedeschi, S Behrends, S Belforte, G Bellettini, J Bellinger, D Benjamin, J Benlloch, J Bensinger, D Benton, A Beretvas, JP Berge, S Bertolucci, A Bhatti, K Biery, M Binkley, F Bird, D Bisello, RE Blair, C Blocker, A Bodek, W Bokhari, V Bolognesi, D Bortoletto, C Boswell, T Boulos, G Brandenburg, C Bromberg, E Buckley-Geer, HS Budd, K Burkett, G Busetto, A Byon-Wagner, KL Byrum, J Cammerata, C Campagnari, M Campbell, A Caner, W Carithers, D Carlsmith, A Castro, Y Cen, F Cervelli, HY Chao, J Chapman, MT Cheng, G Chiarelli, T Chikamatsu, CN Chiou, S Cihangir, AG Clark, M Cobal, M Contreras, J Conway, J Cooper, M Cordelli, C Couyoumtzelis, D Crane, JD Cunningham, T Daniels, F Dejongh, S Delchamps, S Dell'Agnello, M Dell'Orso, L Demortier, B Denby, M Deninno, PF Derwent, T Devlin, M Dickson, JR Dittman, S Donati, RB Drucker, A Dunn, K Einsweiler, JE Elias, R Ely, E Engelscty

Abstract:

The properties of two-, three-, four-, five-, and six-jet events with multijet masses >600 GeV /c2 are compared with QCD predictions. The shapes of the multijet-mass and leading-jet-angular distributions are approximately independent of jet multiplicity and are well described by the NJETS matrix element calculation and the HERWIG parton shower Monte Carlo predictions. The observed jet transverse momentum distributions for three- and four-jet events discriminate between the matrix element and parton shower predictions, the data favoring the matrix element calculation. © 1995 The American Physical Society.

Search for charged bosons heavier than the W boson in pp̄ collisions at s=1800 GeV

Physical Review Letters 74:15 (1995) 2900-2904

Authors:

F Abe, MG Albrow, D Amidei, J Antos, C Anway-Wiese, G Apollinari, H Areti, M Atac, P Auchincloss, F Azfar, P Azzi, N Bacchetta, W Badgett, MW Bailey, J Bao, P De Barbaro, A Barbaro-Galtieri, VE Barnes, BA Barnett, P Bartalini, G Bauer, T Baumann, F Bedeschi, S Behrends, S Belforte, G Bellettini, J Bellinger, D Benjamin, J Benlloch, J Bensinger, D Benton, A Beretvas, JP Berge, S Bertolucci, A Bhatti, K Biery, M Binkley, F Bird, D Bisello, RE Blair, C Blocker, A Bodek, W Bokhari, V Bolognesi, D Bortoletto, C Boswell, T Boulos, G Brandenburg, E Buckley-Geer, HS Budd, K Burkett, G Busetto, A Byon-Wagner, KL Byrum, J Cammerata, C Campagnari, M Campbell, A Caner, W Carithers, D Carlsmith, A Castro, Y Cen, F Cervelli, J Chapman, MT Cheng, G Chiarelli, T Chikamatsu, S Cihangir, AG Clark, M Cobal, M Contreras, J Conway, J Cooper, M Cordelli, D Crane, JD Cunningham, T Daniels, F DeJongh, S Delchamps, S Dell'Agnello, M Dell'Orso, L Demortier, B Denby, M Deninno, PF Derwent, T Devlin, M Dickson, S Donati, RB Drucker, A Dunn, K Einsweiler, JE Elias, R Ely, E Engels, S Eno, D Errede, S Errede, Q Fan, B Farhat, I Fiori

Abstract:

We have searched for new, heavy, charged bosons W′ through the decay W′→eν in pp̄ collisions at s=1.8 TeV. The data used in the search represent 19.7 pb-1 collected by the Collider Detector at Fermilab. Limits are placed on σB(pp̄→W′→eν) as a function of MW′. Assuming standard couplings of the W′ to fermions, we establish the limit MW′>652 GeV /c2 (95% C.L.). © 1995 The American Physical Society.

Search for new gauge bosons decaying into dielectrons in p¯p collisions at √s = 1.8 TeV

Physical Review D 51:3 (1995) R949-R953

Authors:

F Abe, MG Albrow, D Amidei, J Amtos, C Anway-Wiese, G Apollinari, H Areti, M Atac, P Auchincloss, F Azfar, P Azzi, N Bacchetta, W Badgett, MW Bailey, J Bao, P De Barbaro, A Barbaro-Galtieri, VE Barnes, BA Barnett, P Bartalini, G Bauer, T Baumann, F Bedeschi, S Behrends, S Belforte, G Bellettini, J Bellinger, D Benjamin, J Benlloch, J Bensinger, D Benton, A Berelvas, JP Berge, S Bertolucci, A Bhatti, K Biery, M Binkley, F Bird, D Bisello, RE Blair, C Blocker, A Bodek, V Bolognesi, D Bortoletto, C Boswell, T Boulos, G Brandenburg, E Bucklcy-Geer, HS Budd, K Burkett, G Busetto, A Byon-Wagner, KL Byrum, J Cammerala, C Campagnari, M Campbell, A Caner, W Carithers, D Carlsmith, A Castro, Y Cen, F Cervelli, J Chapman, MT Cheng, G Chiarelli, T Chikamatsu, S Cihangir, AG Clark, M Cobal, M Contreras, J Conway, J Cooper, M Cordelli, D Crane, JD Cunningham, T Daniels, F Dejcngh, S Delchamps, S Dell'agnello, M Dell'orso, L Demortier, B Denby., M Deninno, PF Derwent, T Devlin, M Dickson, S Donati, RB Druclcer, A Dunn, K Einsweiler, JE Elias, R Ely, E Engels, S Eno, D Frrede, S Erredce, Q Fan, B Farhat, I Fiori, B Flaugher

Abstract:

We have searched for heavy neutral gauge bosons (Z') in p̄p collisions at s=1.8 TeV. The data were obtained using the CDF detector during the 1992-1993 run corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7±0.7 pb-1. We present a 95% confidence level upper limit on the production cross section times the branching ratio of Z' decaying into dielectrons as a function of Z' mass. Assuming standard model coupling strengths, we exclude a Z' with a mass less than 505 GeV/c2. We also present lower mass limits for Z' bosons from E6 models and the alternative left-right model.

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