PRODUCTION OF STRONGLY INTERACTING WS IN INELASTIC ELECTRON-NUCLEON COLLISIONS

We consider the possibility of extending the search for the intermediate vector boson by observing the products of inelastic electron-nucleon collisions. If the W has a mass less than 5.1 BeV/c2 and can interact strongly, then experiments at SLAC, which look for muons with large transverse momentum, should provide a sensitive test for its existence. If the W is not observed in the proposed experiments, then we can deduce stringent upper bounds on the W-nucleon cross section, or conclude that if a strongly interacting W exists, it must have a mass in excess of 5.1 BeV/c2. © 1969 The American Physical Society.